The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-09-04
DOMESTIC ANIMALS.

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Those only should enter upon the
business of breeding farm animals
whose taste leads strongly in that d.
rection. This position will as invaria-
bly, prove true as that man can not
gain renown as an artist in the line Of
painting unless the talent be implanted
within him. This leaning toward live
animals crops out in the child at an
early age, and is tendency that can
not be mistaken at first manifestations,
and is not by the individual in after
life 1t is. of course. taste that grows
by cultivation. and becomes dwarfed.
as any other faculty does, if permitted
to lie dormant. A child may be born
an athlete, but if apprenticed to tall
or will be quite sure to have an arrest
of growth in the muscular system, and
in fact in every part concerned in CIV
ing power and motion; while on the
other hand. due cultivat on of the
bodily inheritances will add to the size
and capacity of the muscles, and all
other parts brought into action by the
athlete. as growth toward maturity adj
vauces. The trotter is trotter by in
heritance, but the outcome of the
tendency to trot depends upon the sort
of hands he falls into. as the outcome
of the talent for painting depends upon
the extent to which it is cultivated.
Hence. on the farm there is no occa-
sion for making any mistake or as to
whether or not any of the growing sons
have such natural leaning toward do
nestle animals as to give promise, If
cult waited upon the better sorts. of
yielding good fruits. Speak ever SO
depreciatlnglyo of the enthusiast liberal
measure of this comes in as an import
ant factor in success. A breeder with
out enthusiasm has many avenues
closed to him. because, through want
of sutfic emily intense interest, he fails
to see what is legitmately within his
range of vision. Like Milton, refer
ring to his own blindness.
And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
the enthusiast is on the look out. His
deeper than ordinary interest brings
forward des re to excel. while the
breeder who follows the business with
no other incentive than that which
leads the house painter to ascend a
ladder for the purpose of covering old
siding with new coat of paint, VIE:
for the money he will get for going
over given surface. will take Just as
| much interest in breeding and feeding
a plain animal that has descended
from stock which has cost him but lit
tie. as from cultivating the best, pro-
! vided the plain sort, in the
ratio of the amount of money
| invested, pays as well on the
investment as the other. The highest
attachments. and ult mately the most
browning successes in every way, have
| not usuilly come to those whose efforts
have been based almost entirely upon
the sord,d branch of enterprise in
breed ne. The admirer of the in
div.dual animals. no matter what the
breed adopted. this admiration beng
backed by intelligence and judgment.
will give dergee of promise that can
not come of sordid influences alone.
All things beng equal. the young
| man. or, as to the matter of age, we
need draw no line. who first gets his
interest awakened through reading
up current stock literature will be more
likely to make an intelligent beginning
than he who does not read at all. This
rule ga nj double force when careful
study is pursued during the practice oil
the art. Possibly person contem-
plating the adoption of breeding rs
business could In no other way SO well
| settle in his own mind the adv.sabiI;ty
of the step. as indicated by his liking
for the property to be handled. ane
his industry in following vi
all the requirements, as by care
fully d costing literature on breed
ing as prelim nary step. that hi
may the better see someth ng of the
lcomplexities that are all the time ar.s
ing. and likely to test the depth ant
breadth of his enthus asm. Going into
the business because he likes it, pre-
supposes that he viii & We personal at
| tent on to the more important details
rather than turn these over to a herds
man. The herdsman is nothing as
herdsman If he be not deeply imbuec
with a fondness for live stock. With
| the master making an investment mere
| " to be in the fashion. or entirely gov.
cred by the money-making feature o.
| the business, and the herdsman follow.
ing his calling mechanically, as it were,
solely for the monthly pay it brings
falls greatly short of being up to the
highest standard by which naturally a
herdsmans is judged. Nomatter how
generally the contrary opinion pre-
walls, facts regarding improvements in
uniformity of duplication among inn
proved breeds are. to a greater degree
than many are willing to acknowledge.
| in primary state. 1t is at least SO with
the average breeder. Who is likely to
make the most rapid progress in this
direction? Undeniably the man who
from personal kings, takes the deep
est interest in the stock he handles.
even though he be an enthusiast Inn
provements in the direction referred to
have heretofore come from. and must
cont nue. to depend upon. the same kind
Of interest and enthusiasm in gwen
undertaking that brought out and de
veloped navigation upon waite oy
steam; upon the iron rail by the Same
agency; our instantaneous mode of
VIZ ting over an almost limitless stretch
of wire through the use of the electric
current; and Of wiring the voice through
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