The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-06

fFrom the Farmers Review
II Is quite a common thing TO hear
stockmen claim that where female
has been bred to a male Of alien blood /
-as for instance where a POland-China /
SOW Is bred to a Berkshire boar. OF
purebred SOW Of any breed by accident
10 a scrub boar-she viii ever after
wards be influenced by that service /
and "taint" or 'slnfect" her future pro-
geny with some Of the characteristics T
OF the allen boar to which she was for
merly bred. We have even heard breed /
ers 20 farther than this and actually /
claim that where a purebred boar Of
any particular breed had been allowed /
to mate with a SOW OF scrub or non
descript blood that he would be tainted
for all time and propagate In future
matings with sows Of his own pure
breed some Of the undesirable chafac-
teristlcs Of his ailen mate. These IDEAS /
are antequated and erroneous The /
first idea has been termed "telegony,
by which we mean the alleged IN
huence Of a previous allen mate upon +
a purebred females future progeny 70
the service OF a purebred mate Of her /
own breed. This theory has sun many
followers but that is because they are
ignorant OF facts which have been
proved OF recent years and show con-
cluslyely that the theory is erroneous.
Tha most extended and careful exper-
vents have been made BY Prof. J. Cos
sar Ewart Of Scotland TO prove or dis
prove this theory. Year after year ne
mated mares with zebras and the by
brld progeny showed all the marked
stripes and colors Of the zebra When
however, the mare that had one year
given birth to a hybrid zebra was the
next season mated with maze Of her
own blood and breed she did not pro-
duce a hybrld foal or one that showed
the slightest trace Of zebra character
istlcs. The foal was invariably true 70
the breed characteristics OF the sire
and dam-not to the characteristics OF
the previous zebra mate. This was
proved over and over again and not
one single case Of Infection OF
faint has been noted TO date nor Is +
likely to occur. II need scarcely be add
ed that the mating Of the zebra male
with the domesticated mare had no
after effect in changing the type ana
characteristics Of his pure bred zebra
offspring. Nothing could be more
strong IN pfepotency than the zebra
There have been no admixtures Of
7 blood In his production He breeds
true to his type every time. There afe
no sports or examples q "ataYism
Throwing back 10 the characteristics
Of a remote ancestor) In his history
and breed. His stripes are fixed guam
titles and features so 20 speak and
! hence would Be stamped upon his 40
nestle mate II anything Of the sort
could be so stamped, but such has not
proved to be the case. This being 50
I lt becomes very apparent that there
would be far less possibility Of such
infection" OF the female when bred
70 a sire or different breed but do
nestle origin. II cannot be denied that
far back "a the foundation OF crosses
Z OF each modern breed Of animals SINH
+ lar blood has been used, or that present
progeny does not occasionally "hark
, back" to some ancient ancestor used TO
effect the formation Of a pure breed.
That barking back "a atavism IN cases
where there Is a very marked depar-
ture from the parental type or color
to a known ancestor OF that type OF
color; and the variation when present
progeny do not accord with either pa
rent 10 type, color. characteristics OF
any other particular Such variation
is TO be looked for at all times It is
liable TO occur IN every breed. It IS
usually the true explanation Of eases
considered corroborative Of the erron-
eous theory Of telegony. Il is an in
fnence IN breeding which cannot be
controlled absolutely yet explains some
OF the strangest vagarles Ia the mat
ing Of animals. Variation Is seen IN
short time when a breed Of swine pro-
duccd by selection. proper environ
ment and generous feeding is for q
generation OF too ill housed. poorly
fed and inbred. The established type
may be largely lost but this Is Taria-
ton from the original type and rever-
sion 70 the more ancient type Of the
scrub ancestors Variation IS either
backward or forward according to cir
cumstancos. Variation toward Inn
proVement is possible where a con
tinued effort Is made to use better sires
and dams each rear. and to feed and
shelter better. Neglect 10 these mat
ters may as speedily make breed or
herd reirogress-