New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-26
THE RAISING or ANNALS.

To ns EIfo, Of TIE ". Y. Trs5vaA
SIR: have read With much interest the article on
mule. breeding which appeared in your issue Of the
18th inst Is affords much valuable nfoimstoe on
subject Of no small importance 10 rational ecoue
my, ard one entitled to much greater consideration
thar is usually accorded to it.
1t IL to be regretted however, that tbe writer had
rot confined himself to the limits Of his subecs, bat,
by blending tie questions tie propagation u hybr
and ANIMALS OF pure fpsces, has given to both az ar
Of confusion which must s least be perplsIng to the
mnds of his readers II IL obvious that the breeding
OF BY bnds or animals Of the same genus but OF dasr
en-, species ard the breeding Of animals of the same
genus and species, are not parallel cases; aud THAI
corse quenty theory thai may be susceptible OF sat
isfacory demonstration In instance viii altogether
fail in the other. And here your writer wss,
think, correct In ascribsng the excess OF power
Of transmitting properties possessed BY tbs ass
10 the fact Of that animal being nearer 30 his
natural ondition than the horse This you viii per.
ceive destroys at once the doctrine that brssdsre OF the
pure here species should seek TO have the excess OF
blood and vital energy 10 the sire II is this point In
deed, that wish chiefly to rotice. Very little rehec
tcn IL ne cessary to chow that this theory is alto
gether one sided and in the very nature Of things
must be unsound. II il were true, we coad not ct the
prssert day, by any possibility, hsvs had more than
enc type or variety Of the horse the earth o.
tablish the principle Eov and m very short time We
should reach the same result 1t could not be other
wise; for II We once ADMIT prepondersnce OF The
Iower OF transmission on the part Of the sire, thS
power must be strengthened in the progeny (snd you
III remember that the properties OF the sire you'd be
given TO bis female ss well ~ bis male ohspring ana
rs II would Increase by aithmetica progression 10
each ding generation il must Inevitably sssimi
late 10 It's own type every other variety. II Is not sur
prisrg that Lirnaus and Du Can1ole, ard Gen. Dan
mas and the Inspector Of the French studs should
have held opinions the reverse Of each other
IL. I'D a
assertion that Xbd-el Kade- Is as Tar from
the truth either OF them. But AZ your columns s''
scarcely the proper MEDIA for discussion OF this char
ac'erpI will sum up by saying that my experience a.
.'I TsT: That there exists in every kingdom of AMI
ma ted nature grand law Of ooupens alton by which
nature mairtans her equilibrium or where lost BY foI
tu,sous circumstances restores It. Thb Illustrated
by what Is known among breeders a throwing
hack; that Is where any animal may produce on.
sprinR which, though not bearing the remo:est re-
eembIance TO either dam or sire, shall yet DO the exact
coui erpart Of one Of its pICgenit0, OF perhaps i've
or six generations back.
Second; Tie imagination Of the female during IN
period OF gesatiOn may BE- impressed 30 windy a. 10
affect the fetus jacobs mode Of procedure with La
bans cattle, and which he perssyIred in until the
whole Of the ocks became rn2s'resked spsokled sud
ipoted VIII be familiar to your readers. have little
doubt also, that the quaggs phenomenon mentioned
BY your author would II Investigated be found ~ be
refeIslle to the came cause.
Third: There is an almost invsnable tendency m
the male offspring to resemble the female parent and
10 the female ofIspfng to resemble the male parent
This, admit, may be qualified by either Of the t~o
preceding cor sideratOns; but have observed i 90
tor al 10 constantly to astonsh me- that the ias
has not been prominently recognized by those writer's
vhom we csll Authorities. It's most importsu! one
to persons who have occasion to make selections Of
very young srimals.
There CONCLUSIONS would seem 70 teach that no gosd
result be depended on in an attempt to epgA 5000
stock on poor. Ii should rather be the breeders aim
to.effeot union Of the best blood always keeping
closely in view the particular ponts or quatie: he
nay wish to reproduce. Tnus the milk.selipg dairy.
man who raises his own stock should ros be contsh
with know ing that biz COWS are good nskers; Ie, nus
zee 10 il that the sire also comes Of milking family
II he spepd week In search Of evidence OF this he
win be repaid thousand fold Aud 80 with regsfdo
ether depsTtIn euts Of animal breeding.
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