Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-05
sAoa1.onas foa BREEDING.



WIN Zach one Sold should Go Gnaran-
toe ~ Fitness.
Would II not be better. ~ q matter Of
business. 70 guarantee al breeding cows
TO be IN caif aud that they should drop
healthy cal'el OF refund the money! such
rule might Dc abused occasionally by
dishonest purchasers who wanted 20 get
their money back. but such men ought
not TO be breeders Of shorthorns. ~ they
would cheat their customers aud bring
disgrace upon shorthofus This rule
would make breeders careful Of what
they sold. tor the sale would only be a
conditional one. dependent for it, com.
plction upon the fulnllment u the guar
antce.
n breeders stock is really what II
II should he-heaithy, vigorous and
strong risk Is not great. aud sitn0t
better that lac who Is the brccdcr Of It
should take the NIX rather than an inno-
cent man without any knowledge Of the
health Of this herli IL l. impossible. ior
tho most careful breeder TO always tell
whether his cows are IN calf or not, but
" he has doubts he can retain them on
higown farm until the doubts afe settled
We all know that thousand. Of un.
healthy AMI nonhrced.ng Shnrthons
have been sold Tor breeders TO innyccnt
new beginners Ia the p,st, to the great
injury OF the parties aud tho noble race
Of cattle. and this viii be repeated again
~ the futuro unless thc leading breeders
adopt the rule | suggest OF something
like 1t. Allow meto be personal and sny
that years ago | adopted this rule for my
conduct, aud | have never had com
plant Of COW being a nonbreodcr.
II cur breeding 10 not healthy Ia tho
hands Of the general brocder there Is
something wrong with II, and this we
should correct ourselves. and not saddle
the loss upon the Innocent II Ia truo
cattle are liable to the same diseases ~
persons. and n healthy COW today may
be IN month hence. resulting from i'm.
proper treatment and exposure by her
new owner. and 10 redeem her under tho
circumstances would be great hard.
ship. but had It not better bo done by
tho breeder " demanded. aud thereby
save NIL talk aud heart humiugsi
Pampcrcd aud show cattle ought never
20 be sold ~ n public sale aud never Tor
breeders, as their breeding vitality Is
burned out or seriously Impaired by over.
fccding, and IN the hands of tho general
breeder they muatproyo a failure Flesh
% not strength. and u long carried weak.
ness and disease results. show cattle. II
long faitcd. can hardly rice, aud with
difficulty walk. hence arr not In condi.
ton 20 bring healthy calvos. although |
know this IS Often denied by tho men
who show.
a COW TO bring strong, healthy calf
should be neither ovcrfat nor lean, but
In good. siroag, muscular flesh. A. poor
animals never show nor cell well ut q
public sale the temptation with some 1.
10 mako them oyerlat. though this vel,
dom occurs IN tine west, unless II b.
show cattle In days past many an hon
ct man has been outrageonsly imposed
upon und cheated by having diseased
aud nonbreoding cows put upon him,
aud Is this to be repeated again and
again In the future to the great scandal
OF breeders
Cannot breeders 10 made 10 rec that Il
Is not good business policy to sell inferior
aud weak things 70 other breeders, since
by 10 doing they must know the paIty
will not buy the second timer Shor.
horns have no enemies Of any moment
save their own brccdcrs-by sclfshnes.
aud desire to get immediate money
they kill the goose that lays the golden
Gag aud blast their business forever.
II breeders would sell all their In,
fcrior animals to the butcher would not
their good things s.ll for enough mora "a
make up the lossi believe they would
III. NJ Vale In Breeders Gazette.