The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-11
KEEP TIE THoRouenDaEps PURE.

KEEP THE THoRoUGHBRRps PURE. -
There Is quite difference between cros-
sIug pure-bred ANIMALS Of separate breeds
and crossing the pure-breds on common
etoak. Hy using thoroughbred males the
common herds or Gccks can be elevated to
a higher standard, and at small cost, for
the reason that the thoroughbreds are fixed
IN peculiar characteristics, and have the
power transmit and impress their qualities
strongly Oh their offspring. They impart
uniformity OF color especially, and as ell
breeds excel IN certain peculIarities, while
inferior kinds possess 10 particular abilities
the dominant quality becomes fixed haD.
1t, and 1t Is to this fact that we are able TO
breed In any direction for the attainment
OF special objects. But 1t is something
else In breeding together thoroughbred
animals OF different breeds. The Jersey
COW ls the result or years vf labor. Her
qualities for making beef have been sacri-
feed, her muscles weakened, her frame re-
duced and the chraacter Of her milk chang
ed III order to create the huttcr COW. She
Is not great mllker Ill quantity, nor is she
ut tor tho dairy when the quality is no oD.
Ject. She has been bred for a single pur-
pose only, which is the production of but
ter. She is exactly tho opposite Of the
larger breeds, and bears no relation to
them. AS the Jersey COW is butter pro.
ducipg animal she is therefore living
factory for butter production, and If we
desire IN animal for milk alone we must
breed the Holsteins and Ayrshires, which
are fpeclslly adapted for such purpose.
By crossing the Jerseys and Ayrshiros we
divide the propensities Tor both milk and
butter, and the crossed animal ls inferior
to both parents. Its heavy milking p1o-
pertles arc lessencd and the butter Yields
are smaller. Sometimes by tho superior
power of either parent first class animals
are produced, but the breeder can 20 no
further with the cross, as the crossed ami
mails are OF no fixed type and cannot re-
produce their points Of excellence with any
degree OF certainty en- their young. The
same may be noticed with horses, The
thoroughbred will improve the common
stock, but cross between the runner and
trotter Will not produce a runner, though
the trotter Is sometimes benefited because
1t is not exactly thoroughbred, and the
benefit is derived from the finer bone,
strength and endurance of the higher bred
horse. a meiino and Cotswold cross de-
stroys the combining qualities of the wool
from the Cotswoln and takes away the
nneness OF belonging TO the merlno, and
the produce of the white. colored Chester
hog and black Berkshire is infer ior to eth
or. The thoroughHrcds are possessors of
only one particular dominant quality to
each breer, thou. Ii often good in other
qualities. This excellence is stam, | on
inferior kinds, OF its own, only. When
united with apothcr of equal intensity the
union IS Incompatible ana is not pcrnla-
nent. Mo animal IS a general purpose
animal, and tho only way in which we can
improve our thorougubrcds is to keep them
pure, selecting our breeding ANIMALS from
the best OF tho breeds, each year cndeavor-
Ing to more permanently establish und
adapt the breed to the services required
Of it; but as ii required long periods or
time 10 bring each breed to lis chat tac.eris-
TIC excellence an outcross only renders 1t
difficult TO improve, and is often n back
ward step