The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-12
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ptks. On e thsa describes a0Eicsl-
80 aaA live stock shows Il England IN
loek May d ~ Asos ars - appalca-
bio e ear Anss - X they had hssa pro
nuleaesd yesterday. Hat ws would like
70 have or readers form q opinion On
NJ. Piko's assertion that the Dutch
COW" can never b succsssfully reared
u America. -.
He Visited ths great farm of the Duks
Of Northumberland and says among oth-
q thngs:
Some valuable sxpegimspts have bssn
nads upon It, among them one TO tsst
The value Of cooked food for animals De-
tined for The meat market, vezy slabo-
ssts preparations were naade, and tho o.
pssimeat was thoroughly tried. After
prolonged experience the practice WAS
abandoned. Il was found that the cat
to thzivsd and took q fat, but sinsu-
laRly Il was not ct tho points nor In the
way the butcher preferred. The fat and
leaa did not intsrmix. but rather seps-
rated. tho TT going wholly to the cut
do. Tho resslt was n abandoonent OF
the experiment % . failure. The bul-
locks faEted ct this sstsblishmsat aFe tho
Heeseords. They have beea ehoeaa -
combining on the whole tho most favor
able qualities for best animals.
Il u esGimated thak the Same amosnt
q feed viii turn out three RsFe3oeds
that would b consumed by two Dur
hams.
A regards<he question Of stock breed
ing, am Of opinion thst the true way to
improve our stock Is 70 adhere mainly
30 native breeds. improving them BY the
occasional infusion Of good blood from
abroad, but relying moro especially upon
judicious selections from among our own
na&ive stock. This 10 tho way in which
al good breeds have been obtained in
tho drst instance In Ill countries. Eng
Land especially has secured hers On tho
principle Of selection and not BY impor-
tations.
Importations aloae viii not answer in
The long run, because the conditions
which created tho breed in the outset
cannot all be found In the new circum-
stances In which the animal will be
placed when transferred to ito new home.
Difference Of climate, difference Of feed.
difference of treatment. will ell tend to
modify and ultimately to change tho
original type. High feeding is especially
requisite to maintain high type. Or
binary feed and ordinary treatment will
soon turn q first class into an ordinary
animal.
lind both in England and on the cont
nent that no business is esteemed SO pre-
cazious and Improbable ~ the raising Of
first rate stock. The most careful efforts
arc constantly breaking down, the best
parents producing frequently ofsprings
Of only an average quality and even be-
low an average. The raisers of blood
horses in England can count only on
about 8 per cent Of their product As be-
ing Of the best quality. The rule is not
wholly inapplicable to horned animals.
In breeding, therefore. we must not ex-
pect better results in the long run than
such facts intimate.
The excellent development Of Dutch
stock in their bodily proportions may be
attributed to the broad, fat meadows on
which they feed. The grass of the low
country meadows is rank and luxuriant,
and no animal can be stunted that feeds
thereon.
But if this same Dutch animal were
transferred to their pastures, dry, cold
climate, to Scotland or Switzerland or
America, it would undoubtedly lose in a
few generations its leading characteris-
tics. A mountain fed animal is neces-
sarily different from one meadow fed.
The Canadian climate in time reduces
the large Norman horse to pony, and
q Dutch COW, transferred from her lux
uriant pastures and warm stables and
humid atmosphere and treated to expert
ences of quite another character, such as
an icy climate, exposed hillsides and
mountain feed, would soon shrivel into
proportions to correspond, both in weight
and milk giving properties. The Dutch
COW, in her splendid proportions and pic
turesque colors, is the product Of peculiar
circumstances, and when the circum-
stances change the animal will change.
And this must be true of all exotic breeds
to a greater or less extent. This same
Dutch COW is a constant article of export,
and yet the breed will be looked for in
vain either in Belgium or in Germany or
France or England.
Live Stock Points.
When at the head of the announcement
of horse sale you see the words, "Sale
without reserve, no combination. no BY
bidding, absolute closing out" and when
at the end of the you read
the name of a dead sure reliable horse
se11ino firm then Won can safely attend