The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-09

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other halt is 1.-The breed goes in at thC
mouth"
When q breed thus becomes widely
distributed and il the hands of il Idi-
cious breeders and incompetent feed
ers the individuals thus abuee1 and
sinned against ara taken "a f5 types o.
the breed, and it ia only a question o.
time when these will permanently de
crease iEs popularity and il Ire it
usefulness.
It Is a misfortune, temporarily, a
least, fer any breed of caGtle to er y
booms as the Shorthorns hav3 enjoy ed
in the pact and sCme other breeds are
| g j0yirg nov. Toe inevitable result
OF a boom is a failure to Gull out the
interior and unfit specimens. Every
thing is used for breeding purposes
The breeder cannot bring himself &c
the point of turning to beef a cali
which for beef purposes is worth from
$25 t $50 but which he can sell to
some inexperienced buyer for from SIS
to 800 Hence, during all booms of
all KINDS of live stock the breed begins
TO d~eteriorate, while in periods OF depres
sion the standard Of the breed is rapid
ly and certainly advanced. Wnen a
farmer cannot sell inferior animals for
breeding purposes, he is compelled TO
use them for beef produ ton, and t en-
we have a breed revival or regenera
ton. These are misfortunes which
must be met with as boom times or ad
versity falls upon the Snor.horn or any
other breed.
Even the beet breeders make mis-
takes, the results OF which fall not
upon themselves alone, but upon the
breed and breeders at large, A great
oeRl may be claimed in a q Iiet, unes
Stunning way for Shorthorn breeders,
bui it canuot truthfully be claimed
hat they are perfec5 either in moral
cnare cter or breadth of view, hence
~i9alousies arise bet W breeders and
tween strains of blood. Ephraim
begine to envy Judah and judah vexes
Ephraim, and as q result the Polls
are after them instead of they
after the PhIlistines. Bates men de-
pFeciate the Cruickshank men, and the
O~ruickshank men say naughty things
about the B ltes, and all Of them talk
about questionable pedigrees The
~ moan ootkIo koIk about Aho
lack of touch in the reds, and breeders
OF red cattle say unpleasant things
about the roans, and The result is dam
age co both. If the Shorthorn is to
ill the place to which it is entitled in
the future, breeders must regard every
reputable breeder of Shorthorns a man
worthy of their confidence and sncour
agement, and when a buyer has a fancy
for ROADS which he does not have, he
hould say: well my neighbor Jones
has some excellent cattle that will suit
your fancy. 1 will take you over and
lee you see them" The roam breeder
should pursue the same wise policy. Ii
il much easier and plesRanter, and on
tie whole more profitable, than to
argue the question as to which is the
better, the red or the roam. The Here
ords, Pulled Angus, and the Gallo,
ways, the chief competitors of the
S~1orLhorns, have each one color, that
and thaE only, anything else being re
garded as conclusive evidence of i'm
purity of blood. The coIors Of the
5northorDs are red and white, and all
possible mixtures of these two, hence
there should be no discrimination on
the part of Shorthorn breeders against
any possible commingling Of red and
white Any determination tends to
narrow the fsld from which the breeder
may select the best. The best are none
5oo plenty. They are always in short
supply, and the breeder who wishes to
secure the best should not be limited
Oy any sucn minor matters as the color
OF HAIR. Toe best that can be had With
any kind Of hair is none too good In
sOme respects it is a misfortune that
the SnorGhorns should have so many
possible combinations Of color . lul
human nature becomes very greatly
changed uniformity of color will tell
when cattle ere sold in the markets,
and this must be regar led as a haudi
cap for the Shorthorns as compared
Win other breeds, but it is one OF those
things which cannot be avoided, there
fore must be endured. We must griu
and bear it We cannot eff I'd to con
foe our selections to reds. Neither
can we eff ord tc discriminate against
any shade of red. We should persist
emily call the attention of our custom