The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-28

stock he 0I course means peuA6Aor4s
registered stock, and his idea Of such
animals is that they are difficult to
find. dificuit to raise and maintain in
their original excellence. and costly.
He makes the mistake Of thinking that
no stock is fine unless possessed cf
pedigrees which win allow ii TO enter
In the respective stud OF herd book
Of its kind. Let US say for his benefit
that "all is not gold that glitters; all
stock Is not really fine by reason Of the
mere fact that It Is pedigreed. Live
stock properly produced from reason
able mating Of excellent animals may
be indeed excellent in most respects or
only fan short Of perfection on account
Of some admlxture Of blood or slight
diversion from a straight line In breed
ing which renders It ineligible TO re-
cord. At the same time thousands Of
poor specimens Of pedigreed cattle,
horses. sheep and swiae are annually
produced and retained for breeding
purposes which should by rights be
castrated or rejected for breeding ser
vice. The pedigree Is not always proof
positive Of excellence. It may and Is
reasonably certain to prove that pure
blood Is prepotent above that ~ the
scrub animal and often explains the
power Of an apparent scrub possessed
Of a pedigree to beget progeny greatly
excelling the parent in every good
point and particular. But nowadays
the pedigreed animal Is no longer In
demand unless he or she possess not
only pure blood but the apparent evil
dences Of superior excellence IN every
respect as the result Of long continued
breeding In the same direction and
purity In other words the pedigreed
animal must carry its pedigree upon
its back, as has been well said by a
practical man who looked more TO
present gain than future possibilities.
Really fine stock can be easily pro-
duced by any careful, persevering
farmer and at a small outlay Of cash
If he follows natural methods OF breed
ing. To him the main object should be
to produce practical beasts for imme-
diate returns in flesh, wool, work, etc.
1t is rarely his province or power to
compete successfully with the big
breeder" in the production Of pedi-
greed animals for sale as breeding
stock. He should rest content with tho
attempt which win usually succeed. to
improve his home animals up to a
point Of similar excellence when com
pared with pedigreed stock. This he
can do in comparatively short time by
selecting all Of his best breeding fe-
males. OF a similar type ana character
and then mating them to q pure bred
female that in every respect meets his
approval as a representative Of the
breed which is his choice for breed
excellence and his ideal as to individ-
ua1 excellence. Starting with this
foundation he should then breed in a
natural manner and By that term we
mean breed without regard to family
or pedigree so long as no departure Is
made from the breed originally select
ed to improve the home herd. stud or
flock. II this be year after year fol-
J lowed patiently. ever seeking when the
time comes to purchase a new male to
select an animal Of the same breed
+ and type and character and individual
excellence steady progress viii be
made In building up a collection Of
farm animals which win return good
( profits from food utilized. They viii
, prove far more profitable than scrub
3 stock, they will return better and surer
| profits for the average farmer than
: pedigreed stock kept for the sake Of
B pedigree alone. and win form legacy
Q worth handing on to the next genera
Q ton OF farmers Natural breeding
q forsakes the old idea that the same
o family lines must be closely followed
] and stuck to and seeks eyerywhere for
ideal breeding animals Of ideal type to
continue the work OF procreation in a
given herd. By natural breeding the
II good qualities Of the animals is main
IS tanned and the weakening effects Of
in-and-in breeding and even closely
followed line-breeding avoided Nat
p ural breeding is usually used as a term
Is to describe such breeding Of pure bred
10 animals only. but as truly applies IN
y our opinion to sensible methods Of
y building up herds Of farm animals OF
IS grand excellence for all practical pur.
IS poses. Another fine point possessed by
a these naturally bred. high-grade ami
81 mails IS that they furnish at all times
DO the very finest foundation stock on tn,
81 female side for crossing to bulls o
81 other breeds for the production o
IS cross-bred feeders; this work to b
l3 done Of course by others than tn
81 breeders Of high-grade females.
A prominent dairy Of ulinoi
Z says that It is a mistake to describ
=, any one kind Of a silo and say tina
= is the one that all men rhould bulk
The material that should go into a sil
In Alaska is not the same that woul
be used IN Illinois Silos are actual
a' being built In Alaska. and logs az
p being used in their construction. tn
As logs are followed some on the unds
n side. so that the groove in one wi
ln TT into the convex side Of another. /
-e Kansas be would use a pit Il nothin
p else were available.