Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-09-04

or rails than is necessary to get his
herd into the field, and when their
education is completed he need let
down none. A slight infusion onv
of the Brahmin blood is required ta;
climatic the breeds of a colder eli
mate, exempting them from the MUIR
lain or malaria fever usually so Ia
tai to such inportations. That dis
tinguished naturalist, the late DR..
Bachman, of Charleston, is quoted
as authority for the assertion that as
little as one eighth or one-slxteenth
of the blood will accomplish the pur-
pose.
PRINCIPLES OF BREEDING.
Observation and experience have
established as the fundam nt.l rule
Of the breeding that 81 like wlIl'pro-
duce like, or the likeness of an an
cestor." When there is great uni
formity among the members of a
species, as in long established and
pure breeds, the divergence from the
average type is small. With Brah-
min cattle or broad tailed or Merlno
sheep, the coupling Of parents always
produces a Brahmin, a broad tailed
or Merino, and the divergence Is
generally due, when it occurs, to the
condition Of the parents and the
treatment Of the ofspring-circum-
stances the breeder can control. But
in breeding grades, the tendency is
constantly 10 -runto one or the other
of the original types-prelerably,
however, to the higher type when
there is inequality in the first cross.
Selection should therefore be con-
stantly made Of the female grade to
be bred from, and grade sires, when
it can be avoided, should not be used,
for the superior influence on the
progeny of the male is beyond dis
pute. A persistence III this course
for generations will at length estab-
ish a breed with all the characterls-
tics desired, and then the members
may and should be;inter bred tore
tain these qualities. 1t follows, too'
from these facts, thatnumerous crosses
should be avoided. Make the one
cross that is desired and then breed
back to the original type you prefer
Indscriminate crosses will result IN
a stock OF animals whose progeny
will be as varied as there are crosses
in the blood, and it will be impossl-
bic beforehand even to surmlse which
ancestor is to be perpetuated. lhls
tendency to breed back, while the
foundation upon which the breeder
relies for Keeping mp the excellence
Of bis stock, is also, at times, the
greatest difficulty in his way, for the
bad qualities and pecullarities OF the
ancestor are as apt 10 be recurred to
as the good. Madam Tonson' cele-
brated thoroughbred brood mare, is
said to have been Il bay with star IN
her forehead, and this singular pecu-
lianty: her ears when at rest were
in position like other horses, but
when thrown forward fell horizon
tally aud the points nearly touched
My father bred GIly eighth in DIES,
cent from this mare, in which the
peculiarity of the ears for the first
time required. The flly, too, was a
bay with star in the forehead, though
her four immediate progenitors were
chestnuts, and-that color had become
distinguishing mark OF the family
In the last century D'omed distln
guished himself upon the turf and II
the stud in England. Some OF hl'
colts proving obstinate and restlve
he went out of fashion as n stallion
and was sold to America, where h'
was bre,l to imported Castianlra, whit
was then blind. The produce was
the renowned Sir Archy. In Sir
Archy-and, as far as | am inform
ed, in his best son, Timolson,--ther
was no trouble with temper or eye
though the Arcby stock, when i'm
bred, are said almost always to hav
shown in their eyes the latent t'unt
With Boston, the best son of Timol
son, both The bad ey es and the ba'
temper reappeared. Lexington, Bos
tons best son, was blind at five yeal
old, and Of Lexington $ get, bad eye
and bad temper, the one or the.othe'
or both, seem to mark those whic
have excelled most, either on tn
turr or in the stud. Thus in the be'
strain of race horses in America tll
merits and lemerlts Of its ancestr
are alike perpetuated.
f The prohibition of the moral IA
against incestnous intercourse in I'll
human family has led to pre]ulle
. against it with animals. Among a
, ereuariou: animals, however. tt
A strongest and most courageous ma
: retains possession OF his herd #
: two or three generations. Ills daug
e ters and grandd"nghters have assul