Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1878-03-28
INFLUENCE OF MENTAL IMPRESSION ON
THE MALE.
heir herds. -Nissoutldn.

correspondent writes to the 1u7J, FsctG
and Farm: AS your excellent paper treats
50 largely on breeding, wish to be allowed
through it's columns to express briefly my
views on the above subject. | believe the
mental impression on the male ut tlme OF
service has its effect on the offspring, ana
that its effect extends, in greater or less
degree, to all animals. think in this our
greatest Psychologists and phrenoloslsts
will endorse by my views. The old stock
breeders of Switzerland relgiously believe
this to be the case consequently in Swltz-
erland YOU will find the cattle all brown in
one Canton, all gray in another, and no Dull
is allowed to serve a cow which differs III
color from the herd to which he belongs. as
it is believed that such Intercourse would
affect the color of the subsequent get; as,
indeed r,s been proved beyond doubt. In
this country breeder of Jerseys has found
by allowing q dark gray bull to serve
light fawn and white COW, and then within
an hour serve solid tawn cow, that while
the calf of the broken-colored cow was
solid gray, that Of the solid-coloi Ell cow was
fawn and white, like that OF the first COW
served. During the season OF 1862 l kept
for service % brown stallion. / bred to him,
of my own, u palr of matched black mares
of Black Hawk blood. One OF these mares
| bred several days before the other. The
day bred the last one my stallion served q
sorrel mare with a white stripe in the face,
short time previous to serving my mare.
The result at foaling time was that my first
mare fo lled black colt and the last one q
sorrel tiIly with white stripe in the face,
and marked exactly like the sorreI mare
served by my horse an hour or two before
serving my mare. l would add that there
was no white on my stallion or mare.
Another similar case occurred in my own
experience ofhorse breeding in the spring
of 1867. / had bay mare served by bay
Morgan horse that usually marked his colts
after himself. But very short time pre-
yious to- his serving my mare he had served
a black mare with white marks, belonging
to my lear neighbor, and the result Of this
service was Il black colt marked Just like
my neigs stbor's mare. Now, the question is,
can mental impression received by the
sire from the first female be transmitted to
the offspring of the second? Certainly, as
regards color, believe there cam Having
for many years been u breeder of Ayrshire
cattle. | have frequently seen cases, where
an Ayrshire bull was allowed to serve COWS
outside my herd OF a breed whose color was
foreign to that Of the Ayrshire and then
within snort time serve cow of his own
breed and color, that in several instances
the calf of the Ayrshire cow thus served
was more like that of the cow first served
by the bull on the same day the AYRSHIRE
cali was sired. The above facts being my
experience in breeding, can but agree
with the Swiss breeders that thoroughbred
bulls, intended rs stock bulls to found n
nero OF any special breed. and especially to
establish special color, should never be AL
lowed to serve cows outside of the herd to
which he belongs, or of any other color
than that most desired to be established.
oe'leve this rule will apply more or less to
all animals, leaving out Of question the old
seperStltlon of the herd-witch who mingled
Fawn Spirits and white,
Dark Spirits and gray;
hingle, mingle, mingle,
fou that !ningle may''
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SCARCITY OF HORN.
a correspondent Of the Toronto Globe
says: