Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-04-23

(From Farmers Review Special Re-
port of Kansas Improved Stock
Breeders Association.)

port OF Kansas Improved STOCK /
Breeders Association.)
]. T. Lawton said: In discussing this !
question shall confine my remarks to I
my own practical experience while |
breeding and feeding hogs. / have
found that to be successful the breeder
has great many points to study, that
there is considerable more to do than
to permit animals to mate or couple
at will. The successful breeder must
be possessed of the closest and keenest
discrimination that his judicious selec-
lions will perpetuate only the survival
of the fittest. He must bear in mind
that the same physical defects occur
ring in both parents will likely be In
tensified In the offspring, a defect
which will at least be doubled ! Will
mention mistake OF my own that
made few years ago. / purchased
boar of one OF the most prominent
breeders in the country. Ee was ad-
mired by everyone who saw him. They
told me / had hog now that would
be hard to beat in the show ring.
thought so, too. crossed that hog
with some OF my best sows. expecting
to get something fine, something that
would bring me fancy prices. Imagine
my surprise when most OF my pigs
from him showed a defect that ! had
not noticed In either of the parents.
but which / could not help but notice
In the offspring. We might find some
defect in every hog, but the successfui
breeder must study close the defects
of his own herd, and when he makes
a selection be sure that the hog bought
! does not have the same defects as Als
own, or 1t will sooner or later be seen
| in his herd, defects that will not take
/ an expert to show them to him. Ons
mistaken cross may require three or
four years of the most careful breed
ing to regain loss occasioned by 1t ana
to win back the herd to be as good az
1t was two or three years before. a
great many breeders do not pay a
strict attention as they ought to when
they purchase new blood for theif
herds. They recognize at the time thai
there are defects plain to be seen even
by the inexperienced eye. They make
the purchase, knowing well that tas
same defect EXISTS in their own herds
But then the Individual traces to SONS
hogs that have gained a reputation
Hence the pig must be all right.
have always looked upon inbreedinl
as unsafe, the breed may likely haY'
good results for a while, but | mus
acknowledge that / do not conside
myself competent to steer clear OF al
the physical defects that are hiodel
and which are likely to show when "
mate related animals. There may
. some who consider that they posses
the ability to guard against any Da
effects. / would be afraid that soone
or later / might be like the sea-tosse
mariner without a compass. drifteo
to some unknown rock, where all mop
of prosperous voyage would be dasf
ed to pieces, nothing remaining bt
the wreck. AS there is vast amour
;, of credulity in the young breeder,
Il absolutely cruel to start them OF
without warning. 1t Is necessary tni
the young breeder exercise some ski
: in order to achieve his purpose. 1t
= a mistake that some make in thinkir
e that the breeder has nothing to DO b
u to sit down and watch the stock gro'
= The remark is often made that the
is money in hogs. There is IL you kno
le how to get it out. To the breeder wi
y exerts himself there Is sure rewar
A Now. for brood sows. l prefer anima
that are not coarse, but growthy. ~
d. might perhaps call them little coarf
ID but / want them for mothers. go
c. nurses and suckers. II they are l
r. tie too growthy would correct tn
IS tendency with vigorous. compact a.
IL blocky male The dam should
looked to for vitality and constitute
Water in Cow Foods.-Milk contai
an average of IS per cent OF water.
D. follows, therefore. that the dairy. c.
OF REQUIRES an abundant supply OF liQt
or food. The required quantity may
er obtained partly from ordinary 100
vii the water contents of which may va
lis from to over 80 per cent OF tn
". total weight. This contained wat
he however. is not normally sufficient
on r,eet the requirements of the econol
n az the animal. and it has been expe
mentally proved that the form
go which the dairy cow receives her n
:. essary amount of liquid food is
be without indifference.-EK.
- Hog Cholera Cures. rec
eu meeting of Iowa stock breeders re
ny luton was adopted as follows: :"
ie solved, That the advertising Oh
'ed called preventive specifics and
He cures for hog cholera in agricult'
In papers is fraud upon the public WI
RS. msfits our most severe condemnat
be But we are heartily in favor OF
di- national or state investigation into
nature and cause of the disease