The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-03-28
nree6inx Ideal type.


deal OF false doctrine going the rounds
Of the press and institutes the sub
Ject of breeding, and the explanation :
is evidently to be found in lack OF
familiarity with the laws of breeding
as set down by scientists who have
studied the matter properly We are
led to make the above remarks by see
ing such statements the following
If you want to breed good hogs OF
ideal type then pick big, SlabSided
cow and breed her to a short. stub
and-twist boar" Anon: IF your sows
are plainly deficient in one respect go
out and find a boar that is abnormally
| good in the point where the sow is de-
/ ncient and he will counteract the bad
fault of the SOW That means that
| ne VIII beget pigs that are unlike him |
| self and at the same time unlike the
SOW or in other words prove to be /
| the sire Of pigs that sort of COM
promise between the two abnormal
| types OF the sire and dam Now this
| Is utter foolishness- Like produces
| IKE in as much as nature through the |
| Law OF heredfty transmits to progeny |
the type and characteristics of the par |
ent which have become fixed charac- |
tiers OF the parents family. This hered- |
| i1y Is possessed equally by the sire |
and dam If each has been as long bred
In line hence the mating of the two
but blends too similar tendencies and
the product Is but a repetition of the
characters of the two a composite
g.
ferred to is no more perfect ideal of
what a hog should be in appearance
than is the short, stub-and-twist boar
, Two bad factors Joined do not make
a third good quantity. The bad
shaped SOW and the bad shaped boar
l Will impress upon the progeny when
mated the character of that parent
which is bred with most prepotence.
= | 1t may be that the boar is more pre-
= potent then the sow in which case the
2 progeny would take most after him
+ and SO be short and of the stub and
twist character, or if the sow was most
i prepotent the pigs would take after
r her PeculiarltieS. There would at least
q be no certainty that the blending of the
two different types would effect the
" creation of a third entity of superior
type to that of either SOW or boar
a This being the case what is the good
n OF trying such experiments? Given
l. the fact that there is an ideal hog,
and each breeder has his ideas as to
ideal, the way to perpetuate that ideal
e. or to build up towards its creation
J. and permanence is not to mix two diff
ID ferent types hoping to establish third
b. better one but to select an ideal type
a. as a pattern then mate sows and boars
lie that have each the most perfect de-
y. velopment of the various points en-
is | tering into the formation of that given
type The sow and boar should be OF
the same type; both should be as per
e. feet as possible in every point of the
IL in any respect, for abnormal ar
a apt to be sports of nature, hence no
Us transmissible, while known famfI,
n characteristics, fixed in the family b,
at long breeding in the same line will
n repeat themselves in the progeny S.
n long as they are kept pure and un
Dy tainted Taking what has been sal
N into consideration it is then seen tina
ce in seeking out a boar to counterac
the bad type and characteristics O
ne nome Sows the boar chosen should b
81 of as perfect shape as possible wit
= a pedigree behind that shape whic
ns promises that the said shape is nc
81 accidental but fixed and likely to b
~ prepotently transmitted to his Pre-
70 geny. Such a boar should be bred t
- If his type is the ideal one of tn
breeder If the sows do not suit tn
breeder then it is better to get rid
ST. them than to damage the breeding e
me fectS and values of the ideal boar b
The | insulting him with such mates. W
son | assert boldly that If it be neceSsar
pit | to blend two different types of any an
cry | mails every breeding season to get
rd) third and more desirable one tt
in | breeding operations will perpetuate
in tribe of animals lacking prepotenc
m and fixed type.
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