The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-26
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But now selection comes in, whether
you are n breeder of grades or pure
breds. Selection is the handmaid of
our selective law that governs hered-
ity-variation Variation and change.
Heredity losing it's force. Under
stand heredity is tenacious, but
change comes. Man must make use
of thas change at once. Heredity is
warning on that change or shat
variation and unless man cOmes to
the rescue, heredity will win. And
this is the law that comes into the
breeders hand shat enables him to
make the wonderful changes. TAX
ing advantage of the almost number
less shades of divergence the
original type TO be foundi in different
species of domesticated animals, the
laws of hered,ty and spontaneity en-
able man TO work wonderful trans
formations and impr vements by
selecting such animals as must APP
prOximately meet his ideal and
which manifest q tendency to take
up the desired form. Even then in
selecting animals those shat show
the characters wanted, if below the
average in form should be discarded.
Also poor feeders and Indifferent
producers. To all shy breeders
whether male or female, and those
deficient in fecundity Those show
ing themselves to be lacking in pre-
potency. Those that give Indication
of abnormal tendencies. Now if
such animals are discarded, and
males used as previously described
and a judioious mating followed,
then you may rest assured that your
labors will be rewarded with supe-
rior amin Is of greater capacity for
pr, ductiOu.
Inland IN BREEDING AND CROSS BREED
ING
There are two points yet TO be
considered: inland in breeding and
GROSS breeding. That both r
abundant there is no question.
Either may be overdone or under
done. In either Gaze the best is not
accomplished. Breeding %in-anu-in is
simply coupling Of animals m re or
less related. Cross breeding is the
practice of coupling animals of two
distinct breeds. Let US consider
these two methods together. But
we must be brief with it. In and in
breeding, we are told, if carried TO
excess, results al ways in a loss OF
constitutional vigor in the produce.
However, it's whole tendency Is in
the direction of fneness of texture,
Hghtness of bone ~smOOthness, even
ness and polish. On the oth4r hand,
cross breeding gives increased size
and vigor in produce as we'll as In
creasing fertility. Inland in breed
ing results in sterility. Such are
the facts in the case. Now a krao
tical conclusion. If you breed for
market, you want increased size and
Vigor, so practice Cross bret ding
But let it be the first cross, other
wise, with the second cross, de-
t~erioratiOn sets in. Cross your
Berkshires with the Chester Whites
or Yorkshires or your Shortuorns
with Hsrefords. They will be ready,
for the block quicker and at less ex
pense. But let there be pure bred
S~hOrthorns or Berkshires. But now
if you want TO breed e. get breeder
then you must not cross, you are
after superior animals for breeding
eros breeding results in coarse
ness or inferiority while YOU want
fneness or superiority.
SCRUB CATTLE FOR SCRUB MANAGEMENT.
Now we frequently hear practical
farmers and feeders say that purely
bred races or breeds are lacking in
hardness and stamina, and when
breeding for the dairy, or the block
or for practical uses On the farm the
greatest measure of success is at
tanned through the medium of cross
breeding. The first of these assump
lions Is n t necessarily true. When
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