Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-10-18

onouS flo in-bt eedinm with otrhdoinesticate
onnuo.1s-two Grains Of wheat or corn. tor
II instance, from the! same head let Rheif oe
n,anted and grown where they wall iertillze
aacl, other, but where there is Tlo@pport1at-
tv for foreign fertilization; select SEED from
the offspring of these year after year, grown
ntder these same co%nditi6ns,i bWtuWlth
change of soil and climate, and Is ~saefi'afy
brother, evil tobe apprehandta?e beHeNe
not. .r,n. ,l Ht IT 5a4 sl5s9Ek }tf r. t4'3
Mr. Darwin mentionsal great m1nE cases.
with different varieties of %anltnalS, Where tie
generation on sexual incolnpatibhlty has. re-
suited after breeding ilr-andin a consldeif-
BILE time. 1t is impossible to discuss them
in detail as many points necessary TO tleif
complete calculation arc not ~attalnable' put
the most striking cases are with such am
mails as pigs and fowls, which are generally
confined together, and get little food but
what is placed before them, and both, par
enrts are consequently subjected to the same
conditions. That this is the cause is well
illustrated by the following from the Same
author: Thus, Mr.. Balance, who has
bred Alalays for thirty years, and has Won
more prizes with these birds than any other
%failitier In England, says chat breeding in
and-iil does not necessarily cause deteriora-
ton : butJall depends on How this man
cagnd.t My plaifhas been to keep about five
ortsix distinctirUms, and to ,rear uabontljtwo
hundred or three hundred chickens each
year. and select the best binds from each
run for ccrossing!hlI ithtlste secuie sufficient
crossMrgtto prevent deterior"tioirs' Up. 1852.
1t is also worthy of relllall05tllat s%ferilltv
scldomif ever is aresult, bat simply sexual
incompatibility-with animals ~tllltphave
been reared nuAer. different INFLUENCES, some
of the 50 called sterile one have. proved, re-.
markably prolific. IALote a single exam
PIE from the same, work, page lsl :, N'ttll-
,usilu|s, ssiiyes al analogous, SYnal even more
striking case. He imported from England
g pregnant SOW of the large Yorkshire
breed, and bred the product closely iipn-ant-
in for three generations The result was
untaYorable, as the young were weak, in
constitution, with. impaired fertility, One
" AK IttSSbN So'rs HIS iC~NStCSiiSu q
good animal, produced, When paired With
own uncle (Who was sknoWn'tol be. pro
ductiye With sows of other 'breeds),7 litter
b fisk, and a Second timefa litter Of only five
weak young pigs. Hesthefl paired THIS SOW
With il Boar Of small Black Breed Which
he had likewise Imported ifroiin. England,
Which boar. when matched With "sows
own BREED, prodaced from seven to
nihe Young Now.y the Sow Of tie latfge
breed, Which was 50 Sunprodnctivc When
With Ilia' own 1mlrle, yielded to The
black boar, intlie tfrsto litter tweiity-
one, and in tide: second litter eighteen Young
pigs; 50 that ,insone year she, produced thir-
-Ilneiiney Young animals atl1onafQ ri eg9g
i Samson asserts that nearly all the French
breeds ofopigst have ibeens bred silruld-in
Iimmemorial Notwithstanding
HE llpfavorable results observed. with the
tpgilsh .Areeas. ifis goes Very far towards
showing thatithe nanny .easQsp OF gseNtal inr
compatibility observed with. the. improved
English breeds. are due either toa bdeteet in
me constitution OF. these;ieor4to imperfect
nanagement.TD. 2Ey Salanep M Country
aetsla4ad.a as2ui,,ud - Il hege2na ooad
921a' STOCK oITEMs. ri bre .sTa9y
Hog. cholera RACES i'll the' southern cco,nun-
Of M%ieligarl.al .siipd 9H0-Yfsa bta 3,ga
One million hofse' Hide! Ere annually tan
led in Russia.
. The ether day BBoostdA Shipped 800 live
to Antwerp on a 4sfteeaamfesr.. ''57a i'roT
The largest steer III the State Of Indiana is