Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-04-29

/ Do you think any of our breeds hs,'
been improved without u. sid'
n.C.G.
Ithaca, y. \.
in-brrceing LA subject upon which
there l. Wide difference II opinion aud
many volumes have been written In it'
discussion. Many people have q r-lh
gious horror ot intrrinsrriagc of neal
Kin, some carving u sc far even a. io
enact Law. against the marriage of hn.'
hands or wife. relations. There u no
doubt that nature favor. what Darwin
terms cros--fertlilrstlon, aud that tbs
races are strengthened aud improved
through What brcssicrs term embarrassing
or the introduction of fr-.h blood from
outside the family. Hut those Who draw
conclusions frum limiis,i observation arr
liable to err. II requires a very broad
view io take In all of nature. laws, a
single glance almost surely gives a one
siled view.
"iike hegets like" I. = Law ~ nature.
bat In sll higher animal llfc every living
heing l. the offspring of two prc,iou.
tclngs not exactly alike. so that along
With the law ~ like h~grtilng Ike come.
In anothcr law of variation without
which Il 4 hari to .sc how there could
ever b. any improvement or advancement
of tac~s. II !. through this law tia,
brccl-r. look for the power ~ incrcas-
lnr or lnisn.ifying certsin desirable
traits or qualities. such ~ the changing
ordinary shaped animals Ia form. haV-
lng a pr,slomlnancr ot the choiccr cuts
snd the least I.o.slhle amount ~ Inferior
parts
Nv continuous literal feeding lndi-
,ilnal cows have their milk producing
cspacitv greatly Increased aud by brcssi-
lnc from such we'll fci COWS generation
after generation large producing fami-
li... ami hryc,is have hccn established.
III. successtul brr~isr has an hcal
animal Ia mlnd which b. aims to pro-
duc-, ani b. do,-s ,hl. hy bringing to-
grthsr male. aud femslrs which most
nearly approach that ideal. Many of
the most sucC~s.ful hrs,iers have hc"n
shlc to hni morr sailsfactary animal. ln
their own wards than elsewhere. In
such cases in-hrroilng 10 a greater ot
-. extent ~. .ecm~i their only prscti-
cable metbel.
Tho mo.t no,.l hrc,,i. of cattle, sheep,
ssine AMI poultry have h~cn prctiucsi
hy lndieiuus selection frum the btr"irr's
owu herds aud neck.. There !. - gen
sral Impression ahrUad that closs hrrsi.
lng I. " rong. ani dealers In purr br~i
stork have pcrsoual intcrrsi In ac-
r~pting such theory for o,h"rs, as u
increase. the demand fot male. which
arr USUALLY in over supply. once fear
rd ta hrr,,I from male birds 10 my own
raising snd intruluc,Ni new hlo"i Into
NV poultry yard. every year, but 80
hong n dii thi. u VAS impossible Ia
secnfc m" uniformity desired. one
wear. when laaking Tor a new bird. q
irirni. who wa. hlm.~lf q highly sue
rr..ful hrrssicr. told me conhdentially
that NV Rrahmas werr a. good q. any
rould buy. ani tia, u would brc'si
frnm my bet I could do hstisf than Ia
pur,ha.s. IIs aid II like to ssll to
tho.e Who dare not hr,,sl from th-lr own,
hut I rarely Introduce new hlcnd NV
.eli.~ folloNing thi. advice for several
YEAR. mV stock Improved in uniformity
and without deterioration In other ~
rarl.. ani when ht-.~ling cattle have
.c.g no harm from several year. ~ quit"
NlNsf NlffAMAs
On. ~ ths strongest advocate. 81 in-
hf-.,iins within my know ledge l. a .Niu.
hr,,,isf 20 Woon.ockc,. u. l., Who brr'i
.tork over ten war. from one original
pair. riising a. many as one hundred
piss per year. ilc stated that la all
iho.. yrtrs b. had no deiorm-'l or Inn
perfectly dsVslop~l plss, while ib" grn'
srsi character ~ the stock Nas unmis-
takabl, Improved. Urrai care, however,
Ws. observed In se.c'iing the very
ehole,..i animals for breeding. especially
rrgapling physical Nigor ani quIe,nrss
~ disposition. II l. not praciicablc io
undertake io .ay definitely how long la
hrvs,iing can H. carried benshcisllV.
IN. hr,virr mu.i b- hl. own Judge, ani
the hstter hi. judgment aud th" closer
al. observation the l-.. the danger OF
carving " too Ear. The danger !. fr"m
lnirn.if, ing iml-ricction. 10y br~-iing
frum .irr and dam having The same un-
desirable characteristics. Were both
t@rf,.t. therr could b. no ri.k from th-
elo...t ln-brrc,iing. 1h-rc aw Ear too
msny Inferior animal. u.~l for breeding.
t.ssssuss thrv come frum high-pfics~i
stock. l'cligry~ I. Que thing. lntrinsic
value .. quite anothsr.-NcS England
Farmer.