Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-10-21
farm and Garden.
{" Pedigree 4" Grain.

rable and in the suppression of undesirable /.
characteristics, like clay in the hands of the /
potter, is truth Of every day observation |
to the intelligent farmer The art of thor /
ough-brceding has risen almost to the dignity
Of science so that, an ideal having been /
formed in the mind of the breeder as to the |
qualities wanted in the animal, it is simply /.
a question Of time and skill to bring them |
into existence.
This pliability Of the animal economy to
human requirements, though long known.
has only received extensive and profitable
application within the present century. As
a fact it is as yet hardly appreciated, and as
an art it is only successfully practiced by a
few men in few countries most advanced in
agricultural science, To greater extent
than is involved in simply maintaining in
the hand Of the farmer what the breeder, 10y
his skill and patience, has produced, it can
probably never become general.
But the same Elasticity, the same cara-
bility Of being moulded to the intelligent
will of man. is found in the vegetable
equally with the animal Kingdom. Plants,
indeed, are more readily susceptible of hut
man influence upon their grovth and davol-
opment than animals, and they offer much
wider field of experiment. and a vastly grca-
ter opportunity for the production of imme-
diate practical results of pecmiay value
when the proper degree of intelligence aud
Al
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a Bates, BakeWell or Hammond, achieves
f,,,n ,rJ uroGt "a prn,lttoer of nn,y
/ breeds OF animals, but their very success
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"''N"' a.
cessors must of necessity be lew.
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auctions While the horse. the uN, the sheep.
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] OF development that scarcely admits OF lar
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vet substantially i'm the uuimproyrd state
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pressure" NY Tue i''' N'"'N vi ''"'"''
/ AGO. We have the pedi0rced animals. but
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""'i' "'' o"' l'''"Si''" ""'"' yum i'''
oats. barley, grasses. roots. and fruits Here
anu 'here Is eNlNehV' Oh H"i'' ""' ante
The wild crane has been ampliornted and
olhef fruits nave "efh 'Nl'ilHl'n''u upon
with success. vet substantially the field re-
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mains "a NV" "lu '"""" "'i'i' ''' 'Nl"'F
tnputor as that Of fine animal world before
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bakeWell thr'
nat great results may n' ach''''' lolne
acquired ana money gained 10y " sk'iIN'
Ia I'D
application oi known p'ihe'lleS III t''lS oi
recti"h' Is certain Already IT. Is 'ehs pe
gun ON o''' SIDES Oh 'n' N''''''c' ana per-
maps as successfully III our own s'a'e as
any where else Inc success Oh MI Lane
oil cornwall WIN 'he sugar o'eN OF ME-
Z Illl'Sle' OIL 'n'I"l''' WIN ''' l"''V'' 'n'
t grape the apple anoih ahall grams Is most
: encouraging ana as they become more
"idrF Aho"h' VIII stimulate "'l''S 20 l'
! Dor IN the same direction
e IN England "peulSree wheat Is aHe'"l d
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' ment OF tins gram upon systematic primer
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p pc was "'S"' ''i'i' ''"'ii"'' VI f'"'' "H'
by Mai. +. T. llallett and the results he ha'
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: "''"'''' " "'' ~" ''''''7 '''''' W. wa Us
! ger the belief of the ordinary farmer The
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4 The plau Of selection which pirsue is as fol
- lows 4 grain produces "a plant CONSISTING o
G many ears plaut the grains from these ears in
e snch manner that each ear occutio. n ROY, Inv h
r self each of It's grains ocrulyine A hole in thi
>, row tho holes being twelve inches anart evort
. wav At harvest. after the most careful stud'
and comuarison Of the pants frnin all those Grain.
g selecttho finest one which ACCEPT as proof INA
( il. parent Grain was the best of ail under the hoe
- ,nliar circumstances Of that season This pr,ces
: il rcneated annually starting every wear with N,
proved best grain. although the verifclton Of iii
superiority Is not obtained until the following
Marvin" i.' Ill - .,.,.. ...,i.,..,
now 1--WE the following results due To their indu
ence alone-as the kind of seed, the land. and tn
a system oI culture .hplo\el were precisely I'll
/ neither was any manure used, nor any ariifcia
Il ni," iS % 'S ,ge t ue 1 i,tlee TO-
: ina ear fromNhich the parent grain was selecte
1t ~I lG " ft nrnn , is,s S ANN n
y. earproduced was six and one fourth inches long
e . .t"oi iorn tl ear: Inv S5G t '' sn o'S %
= was seven and three-fourth inches long and con
C. twenty ear. In no the ear. were hnncrcaI
ir owing to a wet season, but the best stool ha
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