The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-07-14
Man, Animals and the Vegetable Cre-
alton,
IN.AND>IN BREEDING.


The influence and intermingling Of the
blood of one animal into the body and
blood of another, allied by line OF direct
descent, in the begetting of new life or
offspring, is usually termed Sin and-in
breeding" Close breeding, or the ming
ling Of the same blood or chemical props
critics of parents, or of vegetable life, for
successive generations, tends to weaken
vital forces therefore the form is liable
to imperfections. and the procreative Or
gans diminished. This we apply to man,
animals and the vegetable creation.
We will now proceed to show that,
under certain fixed laws, this blending to-
gether of the closest k6i, by connection,
where birth is the result, is not, and
cannot be strictly termed n-and-n breed
ing, and that tho blood is foreign, not al
lied in the male and female parent For
instance, two animals, male and female,
may be born OF the same parents begotten
by the same male, separated and fed
upon different soils and productions in diff
ferent climates and atmospheres" for
series ol years, aud their bodies, their
whole system, both flesh and blood, will
be renewed, changed, so that in the course
of seven years or more not particle of
the former flesh and blood remains, and
by degrees the former has passed away,
and all is made new
II the body be renewed, tho blood res
generated, each under different regime,
how can the product from that alliance
be the result of in>and in breeding, though
the male and female parents were, by
| birth, actually brother and sister, The
whole system, under certain treatment
and II different regime for each, is all re-
| newed--a new structure laid ont of new
! material, while the old has been remove
The planting Of wheat or any other
GRAIN from year 10 year, in the same soil.
under the same climate, will cause It tu
| degenerate, decrease in its products, and
| change its form From the berry to the
plant, in embryo Ia the full grain, it has,
! from year TO year, been nurlured hy the
same chemical food, drawn from the same
soil and atmosphere, and hence the whole
feld--germ, plant, flower, grain, both
male and female lis closely allied to its
mother, its kindred dust-ior generations
influenced by the same fructiiying powers
We will transport this ''run-cut seed to
a distant elmo and different soil soon
you perceive from the womb Of earth
comes forth more vigorous plant, a more
perfect berry, Il bounliInl crop This We
term ''croas.hreelng" in the vegetable
world
Suppose we take three young pigs from
a litter, feed one upon acorns and water
mostly, another upon grass AMI milk, til,
third upon corn, continue on nearly the
same for one year-givc all that nature
requires AZ Lnc DutClltT NtaII
You will find, when dressed, that til,
meat in each pig decidedly differs; i
differs in proportion to the constituen
parts II qualities Of the food that pro
duced it. There may he resemblance
of form, but the properties in the bacol
or pork each will differ
Tlese remarks upon breeding ditfe
materially from the old school of writers
We hope that they have been 80 pr sent
ed as to he rightly understood by ever
common mind They have been written
rs view hem, a9imatireig, and witt
earnestness of conviction.
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