Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-11-21
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language ot presiding in ,and.in, 40 rs
10 psEpetuate = stock Of sheep or cattle
solely from us own bulls and rams. has,
been the topic OF much discussion. and
was long ihe subject Of divided and IN
settled opinion. The degrees of consan-
guinisJ vary according to che size and
circumstances Of Indifferent hocks but may
in general view be regarded as strictly
parallel TO those which prohibit marriage |
among the human species. The celebra-
ted improves BAkewell. after bringing
his Leicester sheep and his long horned
cattle TO perfection, always bred from his
own stock aud thoroughly succeeded 10
preserving Il from every appearance OF
degenerac3. Mr. Mason. Of Chiffon sue
oessfully pursued for time the same
course olhsr distinguished breeders have
also, with vhfious degrees Of success, and
for periodsof various length, pursued 1t
a considerable number of breeders of the
present day. particularly in England.
still ursctice it, and regard it as the best;
and seyeral naturalists have appealed for
the Indication of it, in the economy Of
!. Wild animals, and especially to the i'm
sispce Of the exceedingly prolonged
se9hsanguinsOus propagation of wild cat
lie of Chilliagham park. Mr.. Blake
WELL says Mr.. Culley. has not had
cross from any other than his own breed
for upwards OF twenty years his best
stock has been bred by the nearest Atm
tiles; yet have they not decreased in size,
neither are they less hardy, or more liza
BILE to disorders but on the contrary,
have kept on progressive state of i'm
proVement. But Oue of the most couclu-
siTe arguments that crossing with differ
ent breeds Is not necessary to secure
size. hardness, &c, is the breed of wild
cattle III Chillingham Park, in the county
Of Northumberland. 1t is we'll known
that these cattle have been confined il
is park. for several hundred years with
out any inIermixture. and are perhaps
the purest breed of cattle of any in tht
Kingdom and though bred from the near
Get afiniIies in every possible degree; ye'
We fnd them exceedingly he'ay nealtny'
and we'll formed. and theIr sizs' as well as
ooIor and many other particulars and Pc
eniiariiiss. che same as they wees Eve
baodred years ago." Mr.. Napier quotes
this passage, aud appears TO concur in it;
and AIR. Hayw argue at much length,
on Adversely of groTads' and in formal
opposition to Se5John Sinclair, in
support of tb> doctrine which it incul.
Gates. Yes the true law of either inn.
PROVING er Understanding propagation /.
90 f.r,as we can deduce It from a ys4i G
ssess OF conflicting observations. is b't
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of breeding, viSed t
apart fr"tn other controlling or mo6ying t
circumstances, acts indifferentlyA the
Wild ''Htc oil animals, and has leterio- :
r"'I"S trniency in the exact Fspo Of do. !
nns'tIe+'ion. Mr.. Blackwell, " a choice I
selection OF individuals, isproved his !
breeds mp to the highest rssible pitch,
which became identical V4h the utmost 9
possible degree Of dome.ication and he :
afterwards preservedFs focks from de- q
generating only by! areful attention to +
the utmost attainab proprieties of pair +
ing. and especiag by a constant and
%"P'g"t SI.>&nd the richest food. But
nan ne eVe1 PeFS.'>-~d his imnroyed @
br"ods propscuous intercoifSe,-or IL.
eI Them lolye under their ordinary vet co.,,
dIIions Of ommon pasturage, on a COM
mon fal. he would probably have
KiInsssfl deterioration almost as rand
rs the feyious improvement. His breeds
too. ysre but newly formed-they, under :
hiS ON management, came for the FIRST
Inn into the position of the chrracteris- :
ie properties, which constituted them !
'arieties OF their species; and they, there f
pre-. IN all or any Of their tendencies to b
egeneracy. were no more parallel to the i
ong established good breeds Of the pre- {
snt day. than by brid plant of the first d
eneration is parallel to hybrid of the n n
'urth or sixth general on. But the wild CT
attic OF ChIllingham are almost contras. =.
A'her than parallels for they have no Il
roPerties whatever Of "a breed, no DUAL. "
les OF mere variety no points what. ca
yer OF the very numerous and diversified to
ass which characterize the countless to
'eeds OF domestic animals, and distin- es
lIsh them from the untamed brutes of al
q forest; and. Of course, they could aft
1t degenerate-,hey could not lose or n.
,terloFate properties which they did not So
1t possess. The acquisitions which con-
ltute changeable variety which is in
parable from demonstration the pro- -
lctlOn Of the many and diversified grouos
them IS what constitutes the numerous. II
sS OF the varieties Of any species of do of
este animals; the seregatiug of a group Op
good ones, to the exclusion of the bad
what constitutes the art of BREEDING
d hence the very proportion to which sec
81 breeding Is carried, becomes, at the Sta
ne time. both the proportion OF domes> ana ana
alton. and the proportion of liability to ny
.er'oration from breeding in-and-in. To
TIE CoRN CRoPs IN FRAEcE.-Tbe an
rchants OF Marseilles, it is said. hay. ile q
ascsrtained that the wheat harvest pos
not be sufficient for the honoa ~, the
nnt;on IF al F.or.o -. WI" plo
-B''ou W al EtSu0e' are beginning to tho
'gest TO their government throuph in
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