Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-02-11
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the cargo here. He looked upon thi
trade as q solution OF the dangers arising
from the importation of live cattle. ant
he thought it would eventually suppressed,
that business.
THE SCIENCE OF BREEDING.
Young colts are not profitable to breet
from. They breed feeble offspring. AnC
very aged horses also breed weak colts
One OF the parents at least should be ma
tured into full vigor of age and siren 9Th
10 counteract the extreme of youth of til,
other One parent may be old and thu
other young, which will utilize their ser
vices to an advanced age. This might
appear TO sacrifice strength to the use o
animals Tor breeding, but experience has
shown that 1t does not conflict with the
laws Of nature while it prolongs the use
OF the parents in the stud. Many cele-
brated turf performers have been got by
old stations out OF old mares.
The very large sire, OF very small dam,
will never perpetuate their own likeness
unless they are descended from breed
with the same uniform characteristics
The tall. long-legged stallion is generally
stray scion OF the stock, without any
fixed inheritance. He is "A weed that has
sprung up to choke out the pure blood,
and will seldom prove good stock get
ter.
Medium sized mares are better formed,
and more likely to possess a vigorous con-
stitution than the very large mare. The
breeder who is looking for sty lie, will dc
better TO use this class than the over
grown dam.
When the dam has several lines OF
speedy blood in her veins, and several
lines OF the stout breed in her pedigree,
coupled with stallion OF stout inheri-
lance. she will transmit either speed OF
endurance, and sometimes both to her
colts. But when the dam is composed
entirely OF stout blood, coupled with the
same stallion, she would not be likely to
entail speed TO her offspring. She would
be estopped by the law of kind, which
produces its own likeness OF an ancestor.
To convert staying qualities into speed,
there must be hereditary link from fleet
ancestors, connecting il with their pos
terity. The pedigree of the dam ought
to be known, at least her sire and grand.
sire, dam and grandam. Her stock Can
then be anticipated. They generally
cast back alter their immediate progeni-
tors. When their pedigrees are not known
the breeders must judge their merits from
their form, or from the performance OF
their produce, which is an infallibe guide
10 prove their value for breeding.
The breeder should first decide what
kind of stock is best suited to his soil and
locality, before he invests his capital IN
breeding horses. He should secure the
breed that has the best market demand,
and learn their cost OF production. High,
dry uplands are the best TO raise fast stock.
Rough mountain pastures grows stronger
legs from climbing hills, and the succu-
lent food of dry soil is supposed to grow
better quality of bone and muscle than
cold, wet soil. Sires that get winners,
and dams that breed winners, are the
most desirable progenitors in the stud.
Mares that have bred one colt, that has
gone 20 the front, have often acquired such
distinction for breeding prodigies that they
have made fortunes Tor their owners.
Stations are no less distinguished for their
colts than mares. We could name sever
nj monarchs OF the stud, whose colts have
been sold for $50, 900 apiece.