The Red Cloud chief., 1885-12-11
VALUE OF pe1


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3his subject bobs up p~rs<
SoWkps9son discovers his inahi\
see - difference between an an
that u registered and the same aJuN
il il vas not rgi.:ered- That Il : cica0
statement Of the difficulty tn sucs eases
We are in rcceip; Of = letter frors . cor
responder: who Is experience ~ this
trouble. Well. ih. answer Is ikai there
is no difference. Record mails an an
imai no better than il word De II ~
we're no; recoried. Nobody 5iains dIf-
fereniiy. The valae o! 5 recorded pedr
igree is jus; this An amin al can mol
De recorded unis,, IL is we bred kec-.
ord establishes IT, good breeding H
also gives the history of L., ancestors. .
matter Of gres; Imporfanc.. tteilsof
the blood thai Is In IL We n. AMI no one
Of experience need be It'd that eut FOG
this safeguard the purchaser would
often be imposed upon There are men
who are u~nprincipled enough 'o repr.
sen; a grade ~ be ful. blood i! they ca1
safely DO SD. From time ~ time We are
written 10 about such misrepreS
senta,:ons- Down in P~ennsylvanta
there is = hrTl. or was one
we have herd little about
j, recen;ly-who were engaged in sell.
ing wha, they called pure bred Jer-ey
cattle. So far - we ever learned ,hey
misrepresenicd H. every instance. lhey
sold their cattle under the representa-
ton tina, they were recorded I'll eilgte
bic 10 record. wnen II was not true. IN
all the cases that came To- our notice
the purchaser. I'D not consult the ress
lister until it was too late. But there
was the registr. They might have as
ccr,ained the facts IL they had invest
gated. but they trusted y stranger and
were deceived. I
What is the merit Of a registered ami.
NAL over = good animal that Is not
reg,s,ered2 asks III correspondents
Generally ,peaking. the merit consists
i'm the characteristics Of h breed being
fixed in the one and not in the otb"fs
The animal ;ha. /, not entitled In r-css-
try is a grade. As an individual 10
grade may D. superior 10 an i~ndividua!
full blood. Blu, thee is an uncertainty
as "a III ability 10 transmit its individuAl
excell,4ce. Il may do II and II my
not. The full blood. however. VII
practjj ally reproduce itself. In eSfi.
mating the value Of n recorded aniu,N
its individual excellence should alw',ys
be taken into account. Pedigree caa
not cure faults in the indivual. A fus
blooded animal may have been so bad.
" trkated As 10 be worthless or con
parakiv.ly so. The first thing To lool
afte{ is not the pedigree, but individnsl
merSts. Find an animal that fills he
eyeI and satisfies the Judgment. and
keab on looking until that object i
achieved. Having found such an anf
ms{l then the next thing o settle Is ~
purity Of breeding. and pedigree Is the
only means BY which that can be scs
It'd. The pedigree must be had .
s$me way, and now the question com.e
shall We take the unsupported word p
the breeder rs to the pedigree, or 90 .
me trouble Of tracing il ourselves. ani'
supporting every step by evidence %
bur own accumulation. or shall we r
no iii OIkdiltLstttou HpN'
to have such information. and tlter
secure it, 1t would seem as il no o.
could hesitate for an instant TO ansVel
such n question. .
What is to prevent the breeder frof
imposing upon the recordf turtle
correspondent. These quss
will be observed. are ahuu
he series that every n pee'
who questions the value Q
In reply We would say thu.
lly il is impossible for N
to impose upon the recorc
eding associations are eficieH'
ged. As q rule, and their rob
ngent. so stringent that u
q record may be depeWis
it'll as grea, certainty ~ .
transaction can be dspeuds
1t has sometimes happdM
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