Hutchinson gazette., 1901-03-28
breeding Ideal Type.


deal Of false doctrine going the rounds
OF the press and Institutes on the sub
ject Of breeding, and the explanation
Is evidently 10 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 AZ the following
III you want to breed good hogs OF
Ideal type then pick a big, slabslded
IoW and breed her to short, stub
and-twlst boar" Anon; III your sows
are plainly deficient In one respect 80
out and find boar that Ia abnormally
good In the point where the SOW ~ de-
llolent and he Will counteract the bad
lault OF the SOW" That means that
ne VIII beget plgs that are unlike him
self and at the same time unlike the
SOW or In other words prove to bo
the sire OF pigs that are sort OF COM
promise between the two abnormal
types OF the sire and dam. Now this
Is utter foollshness, Like produces
IKE In as much as nature through the
law OF heredlty transmits to progeny
the type and characteristics of the par
ent which have become Axed charac-
ters OF tho parents family This hered-
ity Is possessed equally by the sire
ana dam II each has been as long bred
IN llno hence the mating of the two
but blends too s.milar tendencies and
the product Is but repetition OF the
characters OF the two or composite
OF both, The big, Babsided SOW re.
ferred to Is no more perfect Ideal OF
what hog should be In appearance
than Ia the short, stub-and-twlst boar
Two bad factors Joined do not make
a third good quantity The bad
shaped SOW and the bad shaped boar
VIII impress upon the progeny when
mated the character Of that parent
which Is bred with most prepotenco,
1t may be that the boar Is more pre-
potent then the SOW In which case tho
progeny would take most after him
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twist character, or II the SOW was most
prepotent the pigs would take after
her pecullartles, There would at least
be no certainty that the blending Of tho
two different types would effect tho
creation OF n third entity OF superior
type to that OF either SOW or boar
This being the case what is the good
OF trying such experiments? Given
the fact that there Ia an ideal hog,
and each breeder has his ideas as to
ideal, the way to perpetuate that ideal
or to build up towards It's creation
ana permanenCe Is not TO mix two DIFF
ferent types hoping to establish third
better one but to select an ideal type
as n pattern then mate sows and boars
that have each tho most perfect de-
velopment Of the various points en-.
terlng into the formation OF that given
type. The SOW and boar should be OF
the same type; both should be as per-
feet as possible In every point Of tho
type but neither should be abnormal
In any respect, for abnormalItles are
apt to be sports OF nature, hence not
transmlssible, while known family
characteristics, fixed In the family by
long breeding In tho same line, will
repeat themselves In the progeny so
long as they are kept pure and un-
tainted, Taking what has been said
into consideration 1t Is then seen that
In seeking out boar to counteract
the bad type and characteristics OF
home sows the boar chosen should be
of as perfect shape rs possible with
a pedigree behind that shape which
promises that the said shape Is not
accidental but fixed and likely to be
prepotently transmitted to his pro-
geny. Such boar should be bred to
sows that are as like him as possible
II his type Is the ideal one OF the
breeder II tho sows do not suit the
breeder then II Is better to get rid OF
them than to damage tho breeding ef-
fccts and values OF the ideal boar by
insulting him with such mates. We
assert boldly that II It be necessary
to blend two different types Of any ami
mails every breeding season to get q
third and more desirable one the
breeding operations will perpetuate a
tribe OF animals lacking prepotency
and fixed type.
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