The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-15


good hOmc-raiscd marc, smooth in
movement, fine size, high-headcd aud
stylish, of undoubted constitutional
vigor, should for the sake of, as he
thinks, saving few dollars, breed her
to weedy, dancing. ycw-necked, bad
eyed, long legged, cat manned, balky,
spawned stallion, because the service
only costs the small sum of two dollars
and half Now he is just as likely
to be struck by lightning, rs to get
anything better or as good rs the sire,
as like begets like. IL is not every
farmer that can become stock breed
er, whether of cattle, horses, sheep or
swine. There arc many who know
how TO keep stock who know nothing
about breeding it. II has been truly
said that "stOck breeder like a poet
is born. not made" A man TO be n
successful breeder of any kind of stock
must have a liking for it, and liking
which is not acquired, but which is
natural.
There was never time perhaps in
the history OF stock breeding in this
country when the temptation to use
cheap stalliohs was SO great as il is
now, when business is depressed and
farming products are selling at lower
prices than they have for many years.
Economy must be inauguratcd and
many an unthinking farmer concludes
il must be done in sort of horizontal
way without regard to consequences.
The man who has a good mare can i'll
afford to save a few dollars BY breeding
to second or third class stallion. The
man who would use inferior seed in
planting his crop because times are
close would be considered an idiot aud
would well deserve the name. The
man who would use but half the A.
mount of seed necessary to raise full
crop would be held up in the same
light. Yet neither would be making
50 great mistake MS tho one who
breeds his mare TO mOngrcl stallion,
because it costs few cents less than
10 iirst-class horse. Another argu-
mcnt in favor of breeding to the best
stations, is that good horses are al
ways in the market, and always bring
correspondingly higher prices than
common ones. no matter how close
money matters may be.
Every farmer who has a good marc
to breed should spare neither time
nor money in securing the SER
vices of the best stallion in the coun-
try. Some people take TO horses,some
to cattle, some to sheep and others to
swine, and other things equal, man
will succeed best in breeding that class
of animals to which he is most attach
ed, but even then it takes long expe-
rIencc and a great amount of practice
to insure success. II requires tact,
judgment aud trained eye 10 sue
ccssfuIIy breed domestic animals. a
man must have a model In his own
mind and then build up to it. lie
should study to know all the peculiar
titles of the class he is breeding, for the
mental qualities are as essential as the
physical. 1t may strike some as out
Of place to speak of mind in animals,
but the only difference | can see be-
tween the minds of men aud animals
is in degree. II is necessary that a
breeder be truthful aud honest in or
der TO dispose of his stock for after
all The art of selling well is one Of the
requisites to success. No man feels
safe in dealing with a breeder who is
known to be tricky, when so much de-
pends on getting just what is bought.
IL is often the case that an animal that
is not strictly pure will appear to be
so, and Is so marked that the most
skilIful cannot tell the difference. but
the progeny OF the animal is sure to
disclose the fraud.
llcrcdity OF disease is as true with
the horse as with the human family.
OF a thousand cases of insanity noted
in France, five shundred aud thirty
were hereditary. In the family of lie
Compt thirty-seven children aud
grandchildren became bliud like him
self. Blindness In horses Is well known
to be hereditary, as arc also spavins,
curbs, ringbone. thick-wind, hcavcs.
aud other diseases. Hence IL n
necessary to know that the stock You
breed from Is not only sound but that
Il came of sound ancestry. And here
stick pin.
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