Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-11-17

II the selection Of all animals care should
be taken to secure those whose orRaniza-
ton is best adapted to growth. health and
thrift. The foundation of good herd
must be well-formed and well or
gained animals, animals whose bony
structure does not preponderate. and whose
organs OF nutrition are active, strong and
of moderate proportions. A cheerful
countenance, fine leg, straight back, q
deep chest, level rump, soft hide, all
belong to good animal, be it q steer for
the stall or COW for the byre. Sour coun-
tenances, Hat sides, raw hips, short rumps,
shallow chests, while they may be attended
with some merit, can never lie at the found
atlon OIL really Servlceable breed OF cattle,
no matter how attractive they may be in
color, or picturesque appearance. Select
well-shaped and thrifty animals, whatever
may be the purpose to which they are des-
tined.
If for pure breeding or crossing, the an
imals should possess those qualities which
have been brought to q high degree of per-
lection by the long continued skill Of the
breeder. The accidental foundation and
development of local breed, the result of
soil, climate and unbrohen in breeding, in
which nature and not man has done the
work. has nothing in it attractive to the in
intelligent and judicious husbandman. In
deed, it is seldom that true merit ever at
tends an ill-regulated business as this.
Select, then, animals of true merit, mold
ed and shaped by the breeder for specific
purpose, and so well bred as to be able to
transmit their physical conformation and
their functions to their descendants. The
value of these rules the breeder on the from
tier recognize when he sends to Kentucky
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prove his breeds and to bring beef-grow-
ing as near to certainly as possible. In
this way he gets the form and quality he
desires, strengthened by generations of care
and attention, and he gets purity of blood
which is. never found to surrender to the
colder and less valuable strains with which
it is brought in contact. For the produc-
ton of working oxen also this is good
foundation, and one on which may profit
ably be engrafted the Devon and the Her.
ford and other really strong breeds, when
ever CROSS is desirable. Get size and
thrift for tho foundation, and cross, if you
do it at all, with such other qualities as you
desire.
In choosing dairy breed the task Is
more difficult. Indeed, it is hard to say
what dairy breed is. There are good
COWS in almost every breed, even those in
tended mainly fer beef; and knew of no
better way than tC select good foundation
and engraft upon it such milking qualities
as are most desirable. There is a certain
type of dairy COW; but that type is not
easily established with true uniformity of
tactical organization and continued for gen.
erations unless the blood happens to be
pure from the beginning. The Jersey, for
instance, has strong family characteristics
cho1 hr
breeding. It cannot be said to have grown
out of mixture of variety of breeds; and
although it may not be satisfactory in al.
points nor in every individual it is valuable
in itself, and as an admixture, because,
from its very purity, it is sure to produce
an effect 1t is hardly possible to estab-
ish a breed by crossing this animal on
other breeds, but it is possible to get "a good
COW. and to keep up this creation indefnite-
ly by repeared crosses. 1t is a remarkable
fact that the best, most uniform, most
thrifty COWS, and the deepest mixers, have
been produced in this way, and not from
so-called breeds, so created as to be re-
markable more for variety of shape, color,
size and quality, than for uniformity. A
breed that has no uniformity is not worthy
to be called breed.
In selecting animals for the farm, wheth
or for beef or milk, soil, climate, economy
of feeding, condition of pasturage, should
be taken into consideration. Small thrifty
animals for the highlands, and thrifty ami
mails for the lowlands, remembering that a
well-shaped animal is always important,
and that no defect in form is ever necessary
to adapt an animal to specific purpose. A
we'll porportioned. as have said, animal is
always the best-best for any purpose &c
which man has devoted the animal
kingdom.