The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11
VALUE or peplonees.
Ths Merits % Ieslstsrea Animals Over
Those Not Registered.

the Merllo o. uHnaateTe0 Aoasmn1e Vv4y
Those Not Heightened.
This subject hobs up periodically.
Some person discovers his inability -
see any difference between an animal
that Is registered and the same animal
II Il was not registered. That il clear
statement Of the difficulty in such eases.
We are in receipt Of letter from cor
respondent who u experiencing this
trouble. Well. the answer Il that there
Is no difference. Record makes an an
imal no better than Il would be II it
were not recorded. Nobody claims diff
fcrcntly The value Of recorded ped
igrce Is just this: An animal can not
bc recorded unless II Ii well bred. Rec
ord establishes its good breeding. Ii
also gives the history Of It's ancestors, .
matter Of great Importance. lttellsof
the blood that Is In IL veins and no ono
Of experience need be told that but for
this safeguard the purchaser would
often be imposed upon. There are men
who are unprinciplrd enough 10 repre-.
sent grade 10 be full blood II they can
safely do so. From time to time we arc
written TO about such misrepre-
sensations. Down In Pennsylvania
there Is firm, or was one
we have heard little about
Il rcccntly--who were engaged In sell
ing what they called pure bred Jersey
cattle. So far - we ever learned they
misrcprcsented In every instance. They
sold their cattle under the represcnta-
ton that they were recorded or eligi-
bic I'd record. when il was not true. In
all the cases that came 70 our notice
the purchasers did not consult the reg
ster until il was too late. But there
was the register. They might have as
ccrtained the facts il they had inycsti-
gated. but they trusted a stranger and
were deceived.
What Is the merit Of a registered ami
NAL over d good animal that Is not
registercdp asks our correspondent.
Generally speaking, the merit consists
in the characteristics OF the breed being
fixed in the one and not in the other.
The animal that is not entitled To regis
try is a grade As an individual the
grade may be superior 10 an individual
full blood But there is an uncertainty
as TO its ability to transmits individual
excellence. II may do il and il may
not. The full blood. however. win
practically reproduce itself. In esti-
mating the value OF a recorded animal
its individual excellence should always
be taken into account. Pedigree can
not cure faults in the indiyual. A fine
blooded animal may have been so bad
In treated as 10 be worthless or com-
paratiycly 50. The first thing to look
after is not the pedigree, but individual
merits Find an animal that fills tho
eve and satisfies the Judgment. and
keep on looking until that object II
achieved. Having found such an ami
NAL then the next thing 70 settle Is its
purity Of breeding. and pedigree il the
only means by which that can be set
tied The pedigree must be had in
some way. and now the question comes.
shall we take the unsupported word Of
the breeder as 70 the pedigree. or 80 TO
the trouble Of tracing il ourselves. and
supporting every step by evidence q
our own accumulation. or shall we 90
to an organization whose business il Is
10 have such information, and there
secure Il? II would seem a. II no one
could hesitate for an instant 70 answer
such question.
What Il to prevent the breeder from
imposing upon the recordP further
asks our correspondent. These ques-
tons. il will be observed. are about
the same series that every one pro-
pounds. who questions the value of
record. In reply we would say that
practically 1t Is impossible for the
breeder TO impose upon the record.
The breeding associations are cflicient-
" managed. as rule, and their rules
are stringent. 50 stringent that the
truth Of a record may be depended
upon with as great certainty a. any
business transaction can be depended
upon. II has sometimes happened
with some associations that they have
been deceived. but the deception has
been found out. and the record has
| been stronger as result Of the very
attempt to impose upon it, and the cvi-
dent watchfulness Of the association 70
| guard against imposition. A printed
| pedigree does not necessarily imply
| that we shall shut our ears and eyes 70
| everything but the record. But 4 REQ
| ord Is exceedingly helpful.