Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-11-06
Cattle breeding In-and-In.

The following interesting Observations 90
breeding in-and-in. are from Dlrwiu'- late
work On q. Animals and Plants urle Dlmes-
ti-ation
With og4i there can De a. doubt that
extremely close interviewing may ha long
carried lu. aiyautageluslv with respect t.
external character and with DO mauiicstlv az
uarant evil 50 inr as constitution Is concerned
Tie same remark is applicable o. sheep.
Whether these animals have gradually been
rendered less susceptible than others o. this
c,i. in order % permit them o. live in herds
a habit which leads the Old and ,iElf1ls
I, cxpel all iuruders, and in consequence
tlpftan 10 pair with their own daughter
viii not pretend % decide. The caseol Bake
well Llngh0rns. which were closely inter
bred for a long period. has often been quoted
vet iouatt SAYS the breed &c had acquired
delicacv of constitution inconsistent with COM
llun management, and that the vr0Ua-a-
e. % %. the species was not always certain.
But che Shlrthorns offer the most striking
case Of close breeding for instance the IA
nous bull, Fayorite, (himself the offspring Of
a half brother and sister from Fulumle.) was
matched with bis own daughter. granl-iaugh-
ter, and great granddaughter, So that the
produce of this last union, OF the great grand
daughter, had u l6ths, OF 1915 Per cent.
90 the blood of Favorite in her veins This
COW was matched with the bull Wellington.
having 625 of Fayorite blood In bic veins.
and produced Clarissa Clarissa Was matched
wiki the bull Lancaster, having O.. - Of the
same blood, and she yielded offspring. New
e7theless. Colling. who reared these animals.
"a
,iure crossed bic stock with Galloway. and
,a- cows from this cross realized the high
,--i prices Bates'- herd wls esteemed the
most celebrated in the world. For thirteen
wears be- bred most closely in-and-in: but du-
ring the next seventeen years, though be had
the mos, exalted notion Of his own stock. he
thrice infused fresh blood into his herd it is
said that be did this, not to improve the form
%. hi- tniiuals, lu: on account 0ftaeir lessen
rd fertility. Mr.. Bates's own view. as given
hy celebrated breeder. was that % e. breed
iu-aud-in from had stock was ruin and de-
VISITATION; Yet that the practice may be- safe
lv followed within certain limits when the
parents 80 related are descended from fr,t-rate
animals. We thus see that there has been
extremely close interviewing with sh1rthorns:
but Nathusus after the most careful study
60. their peiicrees, says that he can find no in
stance Of breeder who has strictly followed
THE practice during HE whole life From
this study and his own experience. De con-
Guides that close interbrecdincis necessary To .
ennoble the stock but that il cilectiur Til.
TIE greatest care is necessary. on account Of
tie tendency % inicrtil;tv and weakness. II
may Dee added, that another high authority
a--er;s that many more calves are born cripr-
lee from shorthoTns than from other and less
clJ>clv interhred races Of cattle.
Although by carefully selecting the hes.
animals (as Nature elecraallv does bv tie
law of cattle) close interviewing NAV De long
rai Iiei on with cattle, yet the good effect If
10 cris, between almost any two breeds Is az
inrc si1Wn by tie greater size and yisor Of
e. offspring. Is MIR. SpJoner writes 10 me.
% c-ussing distinct breeds certainly improves
cattle fer the butcher Such crossed animals
a.- 81 course $50 value to the breeder: but
Ihey haze been raised during many years in
several ialis of Encl nd 70 be slaughtered
Cd 81 9. rirmtrits is now 50 fully recognized.
thar at fat-catIe shows separate class has
hen turned for their reception. Thebest fat
Ix At the great show at lsling,on in lS62 was
. c.,.-sed animal.
TIE halEwild cattle which have been
Nsi, IN British parks probably flr 200 OF 500
YEAR, OF even for a Longer period. have been
advanced hy Cullcy and Others as case Of
NJ continued interviewing within the lin
rs fee same herd without any consequent
injury Nith respect 10 the cattle at Chill
ugham. tie late Lord Taukerville owned that
hey were lad breeders. The ageut. Mr.. /
Hardy, estimated (in letter to me, dated
'iay, ISL that in the herd ofabout 50 the I,
We age number annually slaughtered, killed
" Sighting, aud dying, If about ten, or one
q fvr. A. the herd j. kept up to nearly the q
a.ne average number. the annual rate Of in :
ease must be likewise about one in five. I
ne hulls, may add, engage in furious battles. h
which battles the present Lord TankeryIlle !.
as given u graphic description, so that there
ali always be rigorous selections Of the most
lgorous males. procured in 1865 ON Mr.
}. Gardner, agent to the Duke Of Hamilton, II
count Of the wild cattle kept in the Al
uke's park in Lanarkshire. which is e
bout 200 acres in extent. The number of n
title varies from 65 70 so; and the number til
lnualiy killed Il presume by all causes) is
ON eight to ten so that the annual rate of
crease ean hardly be more than one in