The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-05-23
SOIL N CLIMATE.
They Are important FACTORS In Animal
Development.

They Are Important Factors In Animal
Development.
Once more wa draw from vegetable
life an illustration Of the circumstances
Affecting animal development An am-
atcur gardener friend, writing of some
peas sent Ia him rs seed. with n strong
recommendation ot the variety To which
they belonged, declared that II all that
had been said Of them were true they
must b. peas of Paradise, but he could
scarcely get u crop from them Mere
growing was about all they could do In
his garden, and he is a successful horii-
culturist, Yet the character had not
been oycrdrawn. Under slightly differ.
cnt circumstances Of elm ate. not one
hundred miles from his place Of resi-
dcncc, and in q different soil. the same
variety ofpca had proved An enormous
croppcr, Of delicious flavor. We all
know how a certain cereal, or root. or
forage crop, or grass. takes peculiar de-.
light in certain districts. will flourish
ON n side of u hill and sickcn on the
other side; how many crops want q
braciug air. some genial warmth; these
q damp. those a dry atmosphere. n
sheltered or an airy situation. A seeds.
man, nevertheless, will sometimes as.
scrt Internationally that n specified
seed Il the best; and In similarly un.
qualified and ~unguardcd terms. q stock.
breeder has been known to claim Pre-.
cminnnce Of merit for the breed which
he has found best for his " purpose
and In his own hands
Competitive trials VI various breeds
have been suggested. for the object Of
settling disputed claims Of superiority.
Such trials may be- made very useful In
their way they may add valuable sta.
ti,tics To- tho stores II information nj.
ready within the reach oi breeders who
wish Ia know what Is going on out.
side tho boundary lines OF their own
land; and no breeder who ncglects
those stores can claim TO be keeping
ABREAST VI the worlds progress. what
ever he may be doing Independently In
his Isolated position but when NIL that
experiment a demonstrate Is known,
the test Of practice In each locality
must finally decide the question Of the
prcdominancc II breed. A breed may
again aud again prove second beat. or
third best, In competitive trials, vet
again and again exclude it, supcriors
from the places TO which Il specially
adapts itself Tho mountain breeds oi
sheep have each their own ranges u
ras,urage. upon which no other breed,
can thrive II these BREEDS were cx.
terminated. years, probably to b.
counted hy centuries. must pass
before breeds equally well suscd
TO those particular ranges could take
their place. and when breeds so suited
TO the altitude, climate. soil aud pasture
Of those mountain ranges were a,
length produced. possibly their char.
acter might be found TO assimilatc very
closely with that " the extinct breed,
which they had succeeded. The con-
diiions Of life aud the constituents O.
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upon the habits. tcmrers. forms aud AL
other characteristics II animals. that
the breeds become specially adapted 10
places where those conditions Of lifs
and constituents Of the food which sup.
pers II are constantly the same. OF
closely similar. II the changes Of
pasturage to which a breed has been
subjected. possibly during hundreds q
genesatlons are but slight (as In the
case OF local breeds 81 mountain sheep)
the probability, We may say certainty,
s, that adaptation Of the breed 10 total,
y new circumstances can BE- effected
only By sacrifice. TO some extent. Of IL.
distinguishing characteristics; and Il
the breed have not (ss some breeds
have, while others do not possessl the
property Of elasticity. or facile sdapta.
ton to new circumstances. that breed.
so useful in IL old home and 80 iustl,
commended BY is supporters there.
will inevitably. like our friends peas
lose reputation b, a trial elsewhere
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