The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-07-22
Farm and Household;
Suggestions About Breeding

Suggestions About Breeding:
l. A perfect development and sound.
vigorous health, constitutionally, cs.
pecially in the yencrativc organs, aru
conditions Of fertility:
.. IN the maintenance and i'm:
proyenicnt Of a breed, the truth that
alike produces like that the repr".
dnctivo germ will stamp upon the
animal developed from the claracte,e
Of the parent organism, is tile back
b0pe Of success.
3. We can in q great leg'ec, at
will produce variations and improve
ments in breeds; ty abundant feed
ing, a mild and salnhri"us climate, Il
rich aud healthy soil, moderate use /.
education; stimulation or selection Of
desirable qualities; by disease OF re,
lection Of undesirable characters and
properties; by soliciting the weight
Of inauguration III our favor; by al
lowing tie breeding anirials to mix
only with those Of the stamp desired
by crossing less improved breeds sys.
tcmatically with males Of 4 better
race. aud By crossing animals faulty
or deficient in SOME particular point
witt. others in which this phint is de-
vGlope.l in SUGGEST.
i. Tie herding Of pregnant high
class animals with low bred Ol!es, aud
the resulting attachments between
the two races are to be especially
avoided, as occasionally affecting the
progeny injurioosly; strong impress
sions from 4 new or unusual cOndi'
ton Of surrounding objects are to 6s
equally guarded against:
5. Ii Il valuable female is allowed
to breed to M inferior male, size eau.
not he relied npon to produce pure
bred animals for SEVERAL succeeding
pregnacies. Through a strong aud
retained impression, through tho ab:
sorption into the system of living
particles (germ,hal h,atter) from the
fGtus, or through some influence do:
ring preguacy On tho ova; then being
most actively developed, the good OF
bad features Of tho first sire arc PER.
pctuatcd in the progeny Of succeeding
ones.
6. All breeds show tendency til
''brced back" or to produce offspring
bearing the marks If theit less im.
proved aud comparatively vauleless
! ancestors; hence; individuals If Tho
kind must To rejected from the beat
| breeds, If we would maintain their ex'
:. Certain races and indiyilaslA
have their characters more fixed, md
will transmit and pcrpetunte them III
greater proportion than Others with
which they may 10 crossed. II theit
qualities are desirable, they prove
highly valuable ii raising other stock
of greater excellence if undesirable:
they will d.:preciate the value OF
stock crossed for many generations.
That tixity Of type, however, Is above
all, a Characteristic Of those which,
have been carefully selected and bred
up to a certain standard for n'aOy
generations, 50 that in our best, long.
est established and most esteemed
breeds We have 4 most valuable lega.
cy left Us by the successful breeder!
Of the past with which we mas mould
our inferior races almost Mt will.
8. While breeding continuously
from the nearest relations tends to I
weakened constitution; aud the ag-
gravaticn of any faint in the blood I'll
sterility, these may bo avoided by
infusinE Mt intervals fresh blood q!
the same family which has boon bred
apart from, this branch Of it for sevs:
ral generations. Moreover, the high;
est excellence is sometimes attained
only by breeding very close fur j
time.
9. Diseased or mut,lated animals
> are generally to ~ discarded from
breeding. Mutilatious resulting from
disease existing during pregnancy
and disease with constitutional NOR
bid faint are, above all, to bc dread
ed as transmissible.-prof james
. law.
b King Cotn.-A buslcl Of corn y
]. known to have produced nine pound
Of live weight If poultry; A single
kerue! has rtnduccd three cars tina
gave 1000 kernels. When colt
brings but ten cents a busl'el, rs la
several times been tho case in thi
and other states, it is q cheap fuel
A single ear has l,een known to giv:'
o a Gdatt II sl,elled corn. 4 singl
It grain produced for 4 farmer in Cayn
e ~ county, N. Y, last year, ~
o o1nces. Tho juice Of 3 single GRO
y has made n,a'iy thousand dro"ka'ds
t giving a new significance u tho wdr
e "crooked," produced an army q
. "squealers," and, il justice docs 1t
t. work, greatly swelle'l the populatio
;. of many State pcnitentiaries. III II
'e own natural aud innocent state
j. gives giant strength to this great na
j. ton, but manipulated by depravc
l. man it staegcrs it. Great Is Kin
" Corn.--Ex.
y Mauurihg Lands.--The co''ectio
and application Of manure should 4
on continually, for the grasses Az
Il, cereals aud all kinds ~ cultivate
l. plants make an annual draft on Il
I'd soil for the ingredients which enab
g. them to build up their stems, folia;
it., and seeds. No liquid Or solid MI
1T uure suited for enriciing the ~
ch should he allowed To 60 tO loss abOl
r.. the homestead. Sospsuds, woot
u. ashes, SCOT, charcoal, saw-dust, etc
/. may be applied to the s"il With niue
Il; Ge6e6t to crops: Leacbed won,
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