The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-06-13
Sarm amir GARDEN.
From the Western Rural

Every person has observed the varia-
ton in animals of mixed breeds, and ever
In the pure breeds critical observers can
detect this variation. In fact, no two
animals are exactly alike This results
from Law In nature as simple as it is
beautiful /; for. as the male and female
| each furnish their quota to the formation
| OF the embryo, it follows as matter of
course, that each will be represented
in the embryo; and it is natural to sup
pose that the offspring will be Influenced
one way or the other, in proportion to
the predominant power in the male or
female. The food OF the embryo. how
ever, depends entirely udon the female
and therefore the health ofthe offspring
and Its constitutional vigor will be more
in accor lance with the state OF the dam
than that of the sire.
Life in the embryo is the result of the
contact ola sprena cell of a male, with
gernl cell Of the female, or rather Of tho
absorption of one by the other. The
Conditions being nor ai, growth is estab-
lished. The embryo is supported by the
nutrlment containing in the yolk Of tho
ovum, until the embryo, attaching it
self to the walls of the uterus; it thence
forward absorbs its nouriShment by tho
intervention Of tie placenta. 1t is e.
naly accom- plished by the inter-circula-
ton of the blood of the dam through
the f9tus, and in mdmnld7ia the placen-
ia conveys this nourishment from the
external surface oe the uterus to the en-
bryo during the whole period called utero-
CESSATION, and embraces nearly the whole
period between the conception and birth
of the animal.
The influence of the male is partly
dependent upon the fact, that he fur
nishes a portion of its substance-the
sperm cell, and also in a great measure,
upon the effect; exerted by him upon
the nervous system of the dam. Hence,
the preponderance of one or the other
greater or less strength of the nervous
system of each. 1t is well known that
the good or bad qualities or points OF
sire or dame, after lying dormant for
generations, reappear In the offspring
and hence, the rule in breeding,
like produces like, or the likeness Of
some ancestor. The purer or less mixed
the breed the more uniformity will be
displayed in the offspring and hence.
again the reason why wild animals are
more nearly alike than domesticated
ones
The female animal once impregnated
retains the influence of the sire not only
in her progeny forever, but q. her oloa
blood also; and with each additional
it continues to increase
and concentrate in the blood of the dam.
The fetus. being nourished by and
through the inter circulation of the blood
of tho dam, and being imbued through
the sperm-cell of the sire with his blood,
it follows as consequence that the dam
receives, through the return blood of
the foetus, to certain degree the attri-
butes of the sire and this influence il
increased and intensified with each sue
cessive conception and birth by the same
sire. To such degree will this continue
that an animal continuing to be bred by
the same sire through her entire life, will
become SO strongly imbued with his blood
as to grow into a resemblance Of him
This fact, however, is not so striking
illustrated in the animal kingdom a.
in tho human races. There is more than
mere fancy in the oft-repeatiDg obserya-
ton respecting those human pairs who
have reared large families-.'H like
mother is to the father. TIE resem-
blance is produced partly by association,
but principally through assimilation.
1t will be seen, th erefore. how necessary
it is to the breeder Of animals to be care
fnl In his selections, and to use extreme
care that the preceding females have no
contact with males except such as are
to be used thereafter in bringing out and
fixing the type aud points in the animal
produced. A young thoroughbred fe
male bred to a cold-blooded or inferior
sire, theoretically, the faint can never be
eradicated, and practically. it may be Of
great evil in the future progeny. And
just here comes in another problem. The
first conception and birth Influences the
female 20 a greater degree than subSe-
unent ones, or rather resemblances are
more apt to be fixed in the progeny OF
any dam than when, once having borne
yonng, CESSATION again ensues, by an in
feriors sire.
We do not hesitate to assert that, if
breeders would follow carefully a system
of breeding that would insure continued
from the same sire and dam,
through each generation, combined With
careful selection, it would result in hZ-
ing type to degree never yet attained
in the history OF breeding animals.
To preserv bread a long time, cut the
bread into thick slices and bake in an
oven, so az to render i. perfectly dry.
In this condition it will keep good for
any length of time required. 1t must
however, be carefully kept from pressure,
otherwise owning to its brittleness, it will
soou fall to pieces. When required for
use. din the bread for an instant into
warm water, and hold it before the fire
till dry: then butter it, and it will taste
like toast. This is useful way OF pre-
serving bread for voyages, and also any
bread that may be too stale to be eaten
in the usual way.