The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-03-28

deal Of false doctrine going the rounds
OF the press and institutes on the sub
iect OF breeding. and the explanation
is evidently 70 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 10 make the above remarks By see
ing such statements as the following.
II you want to breed good hogs Of
ideal type then pick a big. slabslded
fow and breed her to a short stub
and-twist boar" Anon. III your s08s
are plainly deficient in one respect 60
out and ind a boar that Is abnormally
good In the point where the SOW is de-
hcient and be will counteraet the bad
fault Of the SOW That means that
ne VIII Deget pigs that are unlike him
SELF and at the same time unlike the
SOW or In other words prove 10 Do
the sire OF pigs that are 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 heredity transmits to progeny
the type and characteristics Of the par
ent which have become fixed charac-
ters OF the parents family This hered-
lty Is possessed equally by the sire
and dam II each has been as long bred
IN line hence the mating OF the two
Dut Dleads too similar tendencies and
the product Is but a repetition Of the
characters OF the two or a composite
Of BOTH The big, slabslded SOW re-
Ierred 70 Is no more a 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
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 prepotence
II may be that the boar Is more pre-
potent then the SOW in which case tho
progeny would take most after him
and so be short and OF the stub and
twist character, or II the SOW was most
prepotent the pigs would take after
her peculiaritles. There would at least
be no certainty that the blending Of the
two different types would effect the
creation Of 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 is an ideal hog,
and each breeder has his ideas as 10
ideal, the way to perpetuate that ideal
or TO build up towards It's creation
and permanence Is not 10 mix two dif-
ferent types hoping to establish third
better one but to select an ideal type
as a pattern then mate sows and boars
that have each the most perfect de.
yelopment Of the various points en-
tering into the formation OF that given
type. The SOW and boar should be OF
the same type; both should be as per-
fHct as possible In every point OF the
type but neither should be abnormal
IN any respect, for abnormalitles are
apt to be sports Of nature, hence not
transmissible. while known family
characteristics, fixed In the family by
long breeding In the same line. will
repeat themselves In the progeny 80
long as they are kept pure and un-
tainted. Taking what has been said
into consideration Il Is then seen thai
IN seeking out a boar to counteract
me bad type and characteristics OF
home sows the boar chosen should Be
u as perfect shape as possible with
pedigree behind that shape which
promises that the said shape ls not
accidental but fixed and likely 20 be
'repotently transmitted 10 hir pro.
seny. Such a boar should be bred to
lows that are as like him as possible
I his type Is the Ideal one Of the
breeder. II the sows DO not suit the
breeder then II Is better 10 get rid OF
hem than TO damage the breeding ef-
ects and values Of the ideal boar b.
him with such mates. We
ssert boldly that II Il be necessary
o blend two different types OF any ami
nails every breeding season 70 get
bird and more desirable one the
'reeding operations viii perpetuate
ribe OF animals lacking prepotency
nd fxed type.