Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-31

the sole mode by which stocks, already
good, can be preserved in their excellence.
That high blood or in other words, that
animals long and successfully selected, and
bred with a view to particular quali6ea.
tons, impress their descendants in the
manner here intimated, is fact too we'll 60.
tablished in experience to be overthrow
by any Of the: chance exceptions which
may, no doubt, be taken against this,
as well as against other rules; and to high
blood it is, that the writer ascrioes The quail.
ty, whether in the male or female parent,
which the Highland Socie.y has been de.
sIrous to assign correctly and he is not
without hope that It will be thought no
has shown in as satisfactory manner as
case, where much must depend on coniec.
ture. will admit Of, how it has happened
that the opinions prevalent on this subject
ever came to be entertained.
The next object will be to support his
opinion by the evidence which certain facts
present, IS he thinks, concldsively 10 its
favor.
The bl cd stallion Mihtiaman. covered
several seasons at Bromyard. in Hereford.
shire. His colts were generally offs ches.
nut color, and partook in striking degree
of his peculiar form. He was consequent.
ly pointed out as horse impressirg his
stock with his own characteristic and in.
stanced as proof of the existence of this
peculiarly in the male. But Il should be
remarked that in no disricr, where tGleTr:.
able number Of colts are bred, are worse
mares to be found, than around Bromyard.
They are promiscuousy and ill.bred, and
defcen; in good form and character.-
Mllitiaman is chesnu, horse, bred from q
tribe also principally chesnut. Is It then
surprising that this horse, crossed with
mares destitute of characteristic features,
and bred in such manner as to possess no
predisposition to any particular form or coll
or, should impress his coils with his own
peculiarties, derived from breed, or particu.
lar descentl Ii is presumed that no other
result could reasonably be anticipated.
Mr.. John Heming, Acton Beauchamp,
Worcestershire, had for some years stock
Of common Hereford cows, Of red color,
with white faces, which uniformly produced
calves of the same color. To this stock
Mr.. Heming used bul, Of the improved
breed, one season only. The consequence
was, that the bulls marks, dark spots on the
face, appeared in almost ail his calves. and
are prevalent in his descendants, to the
present day. Mr.. Heming's originals we're
indiscrirninately collected, and deficient il
breed or uniformity Of characteristic. ex.
cept in tho whte face. They were generally
improved by tho introduction Of The uels
bred bull and his breed, it is suggested,
manifested its influence by the Gianner ia
which he conferred his peculiar color.
Mr.. Woodward, Of Biringham, Worces-
tershire, purchased twelve deep-milking
Yorkshire cows. without pretensions -
breed, or disposition to fatter. With these
cows he used a high.bred Hereford bull
and in the produce lost the disposition to
milk, acquiring that Of laying on fat. In
similar experiment with the same cows and
another Hereford bull in the following year.
he experienced precisely the same results:
Comment is hardly necessary on these
strong cases.
lhe writer has been some years in pos
session OF an improved breed OF pigs which
are co'eny OF a sandy or brown color. Ills
sows Of this breed, crossed with coti,mon
country ooars' almost invariably produce
,ltfers OF tne'r own color Size only has
oeen Obtained oy the cross. The same
results nave followed the use OF his boars
with country sows; but the fact which
speaks most forc!b!y for his argument ID,
that litter ofpigs from one Of these half.
bred sows, BY a hgh.bred boar he is now
using, ofa white tribe, are oil white blood
thus strIklngly evIncing its efficacy in con.
teI,ng characteristic traits. :.
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