The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-25
THE RIVALRY OF BREEDS.
Advice to the Farmer Who II About to
Replenish His Stock.

Advice to the Farmer Who r. About to
| Replenish His Stock.
While marked at times with perhaps
more of personal feeling than seems
necessary, generous rivalry between
the breeds is by all means to be encour-
aged. The discussions in which the
friends OF each engage, in order to show
their favorites to be the best, attract
wide attention and do not fail to demon
strate to the general farmer the SUI
periority OF all as compared with COM
mon and unimproyed stocks. He NAV
not be exactly satisfied with the argu-
ments advanced by the friends of Short
horns and Herefords. for instance, as to
which stock is the best, but he can
not fail to perceive, from what the
friends OF each advance and concede.
that either stock Is vast inn.
provement upon the ordinary stock he
has been handling, and capable of aug
menting very largely the profits of the
farm. And so, while disposed some
times to deplore the warmth with which
the friends of one breed or the other
move to the attack or stand upon the
defense, we can not help but feel that.
the general cause of live stock improve
ment Is all the time being advanced.
Men will disagree and dispute
about what is good and desirable.
but they hold no discussions over
those things which are poor and value
less; the fine gold is the subject for their
emulation, while the dross which flows
with 1t from the furnace receives no
thought. Whole communities NAV d.
vide in their opinions as to whether
ShorthOrns or Herefords or other breeds
are the better. but no champions APP
pear to maintain that common and un-
improved stock is the equal of any.
And as its best Is so far below the i'm
proved sorts there is no discussion
among its owners as to whose is the
best and whose is the poorest. So we
say let this generous rivalry continue. |
Words spoken to advance the interests |
OF one breed advance the interests of !
all, and the effect upon the general |
cause is good. If neither side can quite |
succeed in convincing everybody that |
they are just right, no matter, for be- |
tween them they are convincing the |
country that only the farmer and ranch |
man who maintains unimproved stock
is entirely wrong.
Besides, it is quite evident that such a
competition as this, and constant COM
parison OF the merits of the respective |
breeds, one with another on the range,
in the feeding lots, in the markets and |
at the shows, must stimulate the
friends of each breed to hold their ia
vorites constantly to the highest stand
ard. There is an ever-present induce
ment not only to work improvement
where that is possible, but to watch for
and correct the earliest tendencies to
deterioration. Breeders are compelled
to improve and correct heir methods
or lose place in the face of these rival
ries.
To the general farmer these discus
sions may at times appear perplexing,
and some may feel uncertain as to what
particular breed to give their attention
10. But really there should be no hest
Iation in the matter. If there is any
decided taste or preference, consult that
Dy all means in making selections. And
I that is absent, any one of the inn
proved breeds will prove a source of
satisfaction and profit, and
whichever one the farmer selects will
prove so much more profitable than all
he other stocks with which he has to
10 that likely he will be ready to MAIN
ain it is 1.-The best on earth." -Brecd-
RS Gazette.