Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-05-18
ON IMPROVING BREEDS OF STOCK.
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invitation TO the subscTi bors 10 communicate their
own observations or experience on any subject that
comes "lihin tho object of your publ cation. Not
accustomed 10 write for The press have no exrrc
tation Of producing any thing worthy 10 be pro.
scented to the public for its grammatical correctness
or elegance Of composition but if my observations
shall bring the talents OF ADLER writers before the
public on The SUI Jet selected may be highly ben
heia to the community.
In the FIST number of the Culfiyaor pagos hpd
., IS found an epi'ome of Mr.. II CInc's method
Of improving the breed Of animals by putting fe-
males OF larger variety to males OF smaller. The
same i1eaa were several years ago copied from ag-
fleullnral papers into political ones in this section
Of the country. If Ind not seen the evil effects OF
the'lbeory when reduced to prnctice, should not
have troubled you with my observations on the
subject For forty years have been no naticn-
tive observer OF breeding and rearing ofour domfs.
TIC animals. MIR. Clne's dcos may be applicable
IN Europe, tnt hey are directly the reverse Of my
observations IN this country It's not IA lille sur
prlsing that the example he gave Of the i'll effects of
The Yorkshire turner's putting the stations to
much lnrger mares than usual, did not lead him TO
doubt the correctness Ct his theory. lie in another
section says, the great improvement in the breed of
horses in England arose from crossing native
mares with the d'minuivc Barb and Arabian stall
lions Blu, may ii not be reasonably supposed that
tho improvement was rather the result Of beauty of
form, and the extraordinary muscular powers of the
| animal, than OF his diminulivc size 7 May il not
be- reasonably presumed, that those horses had
much deprcclatcd from their natural size on the fer
tile fields of Judca in tho days OF Solomon by pas
sing through u thousand generations in a country
| ana climate less congenal TO their attaining their
natural sizes Ii appears to be a fact that these
horses have attained much larger size IN England
since ihcy were brought there less than TWO centu.
/ u IA bttl
crossing the Balb with the Arabian Ard the pu
rlly OF the breed of the present English blood horse
- ascer'aincd by tracing his pedigree ON both
mhIo and female SIDE, 10 pure oriental blood and
Cross OF the east breed twenty generations back
would ruin his character II is nlso admitted thai
,mprovemen, has been made in England within the
last ono hundred years, by importing Balb, Arab.
| IN, or Turkish stations
| The theory Of Mr.. Cline, that tho larger flow Of
blood from the large female to the fm'us and the
natural effect TO produce larger extension of the
heart and arteries, with increased growth of the
surrounding bones muscles and appendpgcs is ad
m'ted and that the lnrgcr quantity Of mir brought
in contact with blood in the lungs IN each nspir,.
ton, serves TO pro luce increase Of appetite. IS
not doubted but that the powers Of dges
non are proporuonably increased, 10 not quite
so apparent. II is appreheudcd that the iii.
gcsilon OF food SO MS 10 change its nutritious
parts into chylo, to be taken up by the Inc
teal veins and carried into The Circulating fluids fl
to be incorporated into parts of tho living system
Is only sccondatlg derond cnt on air received into
TIC lungs but primarily on the vlscera of the abdo
men or a'ly 1t does not appear 10 he lie Ct thai
those animals thu consume The most food IN nranor
ION to their G'z', totten he most = ly Il is be
lleved that those animals whose CHI SIS are dIsprn
porliona6ly large, are us remarkably d, feient IN
'heIr hlnd qualtets are usually laf9e enters but
low toialrn, aud are such us are not readily puf
q ased for III market Such has usually been the
product of both cattle and horses rs far as hive
nadine opportunity Of seeing the result of small
yaley OF males put % large females and the greater
the difference IN the variety the Greater dspronor
aon between the fore and hind parts the oIsnring
MY own observations on breeding from largc
mares and smN horses has been--,hat tho or
} sprins was SO dlsprop stuonlly deep through thu
\ chest-lhck and bony through the shoulders as
5 greatly TO endnnscr the life OF the mothcr-and
have known several valuable mares that have died
or been ruined from tina, cause The offspring has
! very commonly deep chest rendered nat by the
C pressure OF large heavy shoulders; long hack ;
narrow weak oin narrow short contracted hins
long large bonod limbs with small muscles and ten.
dons or cords II is asserted that such is the in
variable result but it is believed there are few colts
from such parents, but show more or less Of the
above cited dspropodlon On the other hand il is
believed, that our best horses are the product OF
males OF larger variety III IN the females and of
ten when the d'sproportlon was very great aud
S nave no recollection of any njuty 10 u small mare
from being IN foal 10y large horse.
On the subject of breeding cattle from male of
av'raty far larger than The female, have had bur
ashod opportunity of witnessing its results No
tar from he year 1900, some English bulls of u
larso variety, think they were called the York
shire breed, were purchased o, near Frogs Neck,
aud taken to Addison county, Vermont when 6
, years old, they were the largest and handsomest
cattle have ever seen-we,c r,matkably broad
through the breast and stine They were nut 10
cows OF the common breed the calves, when drop
ped, were commonly smaller than those from tulls
OF tho common breed, but without any extra feed
they attained a much larger size, and were ia,
handsomer animals the hellers better mixers /,
blood calves aPproymated nearer in form to full
I blood bot one of blood could eadily be disn
euished ifom the common breed. But as left thai
9 country IN 1876, had but a short time TO witness
The result Of the cross.
0 Mr.. Cline fecommen 5 crossing the English sow
: with the small China boar, but your friend, l.. f
0 Alien, Esq, has probably adopted a more rational
u method by vice versa crcss have never derived
= much benefit by crossing the common SOW with Tho
J, China boar.
u have only seen the result on sheep by crossing
- the common eve with the Merino or Saxon buck
g The resu. has been smaller and less hardy
U breed OF sheep, with shorter and finer wool but
. think not any larger quantity. Shout like L
l. caf' the result of crossing the large fne wooec
English buck, with the Mefino or Saxon ewes