The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1863-03-07
From the American Aer'culsor'ss.
value AZ ssDlood" n Animals.

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ana Of the American AgricuIturlss
hat, il the improvement Of all kinds :
81 domestic animals. very much DE-
pends upon securing the use Of well
bread males. This i pre-eminently
truei in the breeding Of neat cattle, and
wish this clsss Of stock We have the ]
ability, over the whole country, to o.
tain the nee Of thorough-animals- Al
strange prejudice exists against &C.
knowledgiug the fact. every day Dc
monstrated, that grade. cross-biood
or .native" bulls, beset calves - like
~ to be Bad IS good, and upon which
We can make no sort Of calculation I'M
less il Be in thecase Of some old bulls.
We sometimes, but rarely, find that .
grade bull gets exec lent stock With
great uniformity. In this ability To
propagate good qualities (not nsces-
sarily his own) he only shows the cx-
cellence Of some strain Of blood from
which he is sprung. We do not know
the fact, however, until his progeny
are grown. The thoroughbred bull,
on the contrary, marks all his calves
alter his breed and usually also after
himself. Male animals give to their
immediate offspring, with consider.
able uniformity, muscle, bone, spirit
and external characteristics; and il
the thoroughbred races they impress
other characteristics usually desiveS
from the dam. particularly milking
Qualities. We all doubtless hav'
knowledge Of families u mixers Q
the old native stock in which, 70
generation after generation, the COW
looked alike and MIXED alike; o
much 90 that "Old Brindle's" heife
calf was sure to BE- raised, and v
were almost morally certain that j
the course Of time al the old favoSite'
good qualities would be developed
her: the influence Of the scrub bul
her sire, not being taken into sccour
q all. Nowadays, We see the PR
esny Of jersey and Ayrshire bull
with good, bad, and indifferent Gov
almost uniformly taking after Il
breed Of their sires, in milking quail
ties - we'll Is in characteristics log
calIy expected from the sire.
We argue then, and urge the co
sideration upon our readers. that q
most direct, feasible, economical, =
70 ny the only available way for mt
Of the farmers Of this country to il
prove their stock i BY the use
thorough. bred males. Evidently,
animal is not thorough bred when
10 only three fourths or seven-eighi
pure blood, yet he may Be handson
and every way : better animal th
any thoroughly q in the neigborho'
Still you can not be sure that bis cal
will Be good; while even avery infer
looking thorough.b bred bull is alm
absolutely certain to get first q
calves from grade cove.
Our breeder ofthorough bred cat
Of al the improved breeds, COMM
great error in holding their bull cal
Il 90 high : price e to prevent 60
and finally, - i often done, max
stage Of them rather than sell them
low price. II they would oven g
away the bull calves, which they
not wish 10 keep and (which are
worth . very high price, on condii
that they shsll not Be used upon 4
ough bred cows, and charge PROF
tionately higher prices for the cho
calves Of the herd, breeders VIC
End il greatly 70 their advantage.
some such way the public must
brought 70 sppsociats the valus