Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-02-01
IMPROVED STOCK THE CHEAPEST,

Although the original expense incurred
By the purchase of thoroughbreds may be
greater than the cost Of u%nimproved stock,
vet in the end an investment for thorough
breds is the best, as the actual difference in
value between good and inferior stock is
much greater than it at first appears. A
herd of cattle, if bred for beef, will show the
value Of The breed, not only in the weight
of csrcasses in proportion 10 age but also in
the cost OF production. Our thoroughbreds
are not bred for size exclusively, nor even
for ability to digest and convert the smallest
proportion of food into the largest quantity
Of beet, but they also possess prominence in
certain characteristics equally as desirable.
In our beef cattle the breeders have devel-
oped the most available and choicest pOr.
tons of meat where ii is most desired. The
hind quarters and loins are heavily deVel-
oped, the head is smaller, the bones finer
and the quality of the flesh increased, and
in thus producing large Carcasses at small
cost the value of the animals is enhanced
BY being bred to that degree of perfection
which enables the farmer or breeder to real
re luc Dcot PRICES OUtaiuaOlS-
In our dairy COWS we find the improved
animal the cheapest. A COW Welding forty
pounds of milk . day will soon pay much
more than the amount expended for the i'm
provement Of an entire herd compared with
that usually derived from one not we'll bred.
The difference of only one pound Of butter
a week in the product of one COW will pay
the purchase money Of q Jersey bull during
the term of her life, and when we consider
that a single bull in the period Of five years
may change the characteristics of all the
cows in a neighborhood the attempt TO eSti'
mate his value is not within the range of
possibility. Individual animals sometimes
increase the value Of the stock of q whole
nation. Messenger, the founder Of our trot-
ting strain of horses, though not valued
during his lifetime as a costly animal, in
creased the value of our horses many mil
lions Of dollars. The Booth and Bates
family Of Shorthorns also proudced noted
individuals OF extraordinary merit, while
even in 80 small an animal as the sheep We
have instRneeso Of great improvement through
the influence OF a single male, as is remem-
bered 10 the csse of the 0kEord-dawn ram
Preetand. which received the s~weepstake
prize al the Centennial The deceLdants
Of this ram sell for hundreds Of dollars each,
and are greatly in demand.
An old boar. that was not highly valued,
founded our famous Chester white breed Of
swine. and the selection of q few 6ne-boned
Gepoltan hoes for crossing gave us the
celebrated Essexs, which are great rivals Of
the Berkshires. The orginators Of she
prominent families Of stock found It very
profitable to improve with every opportunity.
and the result was hat with every improve
ment the value Of the stock a Increased.
while the cost Of production was lessened
1t does not pay to keep Interior stockif bet
ter cen be procured, az the conditions for
keeping the improved kinda With good
quarters. liberal feeding and care in man
sgemeHt for stock Of all kinds, improved or
inferior. with the same labor, greater returns
aad larger profit at less cost will result
from Improvement while the capital invested
for the improvement viii be but g small
sum compared with the benefits derived.
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