Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-01-14
Breeding as an Art.


Animal and vegetable hic LEFT to it'elr,
seems 10 be subject to general law, that
continually rc-produces itself In the same
form in which it originally appeared. The
hardy crab, guarlcd and thorny, is the
sam, on the western rraEies, As on the
eastern bill.sides-ihc same now It was a
thousand years ago-the same 1, was when
,ho stars sang together. Lsit to itself It is
uuchanscabls. But subject 1t TO the con-
troll Of man. and the rule. OF art, and the
asrid. WORTHLESS crab swclls into tho prince
" Baldwin. and golden Pirpin. The
change D.. slow, aud the r5sul; OF much care
aud labor. IL must BE- taken from the for
81 and planted in better s,il. Competing
trccs and hungry weeds must not steal away
DO, uutr.mcui. With careful and generous
culture, the frui, will be enlarged, Sigh,
l.yiations in flavor will appear TO the criii-
cal ami careful observer. The best o, these
must o. planted and rca. cl 10 bearing, and
,hc bc,, again selected, and - on until the
li-hs., perfection &. attainel.
Precisely thc same law obtains in animal
U.,. and ,h,., animal, and birds that are
d1ms,,i,a,sd, bav, been, and can b., great.
ly AMI permanently changed by the breed
cr'. art, in color, form. quali,ic, and disro.
.tiln. The chang. you desire will per-
hars -ccm slow. bu, will hc certain 1t tie
rule. Of al, BE- steadily followed but 6r't
% 40, che breeder must have clear ani
distinct ilsa or what De- want, O. breed, and
tas, should D, determined by the s'iI on
which Dis animals are O. BE- rcnrci, the cll-
mat, tbey are {, iuhahit. and the u'c 20
which thcy are % tc pot. For instance.
thr Durham, 20 admirable lor tho sham
bls,. and - well adapted to the luXuriant
pastures if kentucky, aud the prlirics Of
tlr ws,,, would probably dni the rugged
and scauiy pastures OF many parts ol New
England. insufficient 20 develop his rapid
growth, when the same Pasturls would ca-
.ily sustain the lighter, more agile and har-
dy Devon. Ee-,uso a bred of animals are
adapted 90, and profitable IN one location,
10 doe, not therefore follow. that thcy will
succeed equally we'll, in other PLACES, with
a diH,rcut s1l and climate. The skilliul
breeder. who pur.ucs his ohjcct by the high
c,i rules Of art, must thoroughly consider
and d,cile on the result 10 which he wishs,
% attain. Doc. he wish 70 incrcase the
.il, 90 a brccI' This, perhaps, is easy.
But is il vi., and will IL Be profitable ?
We should hay, no difiu',y in increasing
toe size Of the Devon or Morgan; butwhcn
You have increased the sif, will YOU have
the Devon steer, and the Morgan horse ?
What you have gained Ia s,zs YOU may
have ll.i in symmetry, eomVactncs-, ,ase Of
motion and yi,or. The question % s.l' is
oi tls sreltC,t importance in breeding, and
ou, iu rs-tri 90 which tie inexperienced
brrgI,r i- very liah', O. misilks, and the
NOR, s', as committees aud agricultural
slcietr. often foster aud cuc1Uug, crrone.
oas opinion. on the subject. \ s'cat calf
ar coils, ,l very ht. is likely % g, a pre-
mium-au can see that the COLT or the calf
is hr-y. bat al are 10, critical julsc., and
under load u h,, but few are capable Of
rl.utiu. out the defect, in the animal. II
j. pr. h.hle that every departure from the
medium sizc % race of animals is attend
cI with some .l.s og power, or az lsas, that
,He medium siz, % the race should not be
Departed from, except to raise animals for
special purposes The drausb, horse for
bstyy weight. mus, o., heavy. Bi, be will
D., slow, ana will uo, have the ease aud
grace ol motion, nor will he have the iron
harJh1.I aud endurance Of the medium
sized h0rsg /.
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