The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-19
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DOnY 40 often S66n In lower Cdndud
if continued without Interruption
for n ucce of generations and
acceler ted ~ the efforts of breeders
in selecting animals FIR the purpDse
of reorp duntlon, with the same OBJ
ject, G Instantly in view, would In
course of tune give Us a race a.
diminurive "a the ponies of n Shet
land Islands. Bus this climatic in
huence ha- been retarded and coan
teracted by Canadian breeders, who
have rejected the smaller specimen
for breeding purposes and have con
stantly ORA wn upon the large draft
breeds OF Europe for fresh crosses.
And tnus the forces and influences
in nature, IN some cases aided andin
others c~ounteracted by the efforts of
man, have constantly been as work
breaking up the uniformity which
originally belonged TO the animal
kingdom, until divergence from she
original y pc has been truly wonder
full"
We are taught TO day that we
should bI eed from pure breds and
many of Us are and yet our pure
breds ale interior to grades in many
cases. Is IL Just the principle Ihave
been trying 81 develop here. HeIed-
ity is true, but it is influenced and
oounteraoted by other forces which
are constantly at wJrk. So You may
start with the most typical animals,
If iudicious breeding is not followed,
the stock will deteriOrate into infe
riOr animals, yet nevertheless thor
oughly puIe-Ored. Let Us examine
this pOiut u moment. In the animal
world We have One-celled and many
celled animals. The one.celled ami
mails reproduce themselves by out
ting themselves In two. 1t grows
until it's stomach becomes too small
for its body, then is divides it 'elf in
two and becomes two individuals.
Now which of these two individuals
is parent and which Is child, We CAM
say yet We know this, they are the
same in every respect. When the
division takes place both are the
same. He edIby here is sure and
true. But take the m~ulticellular
Enthusiastically is at work and
just as aobIve-but here is the point
~ - HD=r,n -, r,Sn1 hnnn5iN- -, ~
mits with certainty only what has
become fixed characteristics In the
race. AND SO in every case tie in
duenCe of herediBy is always present
and never fails to assert itself in the
reproduction Of anlmalIife Men dc
not gather grapes from thorns mol
figs from thistles, nor do Jer-eyI
produce ShorthUrns, nor do draft
stations beget trOTters. There il
little divergence in negroes because
the ty % has been bred so !, ng it IA,
become fixed. The buffalo, the deer
the elk are uniform in type and 81
all individuals appear the same. Thel
have been In the same climate, anC
under the same habits with food un
changed so long, that u deer is a deel
and d DufalJ u buffalo true TO type
Yet we know hat Notwithstanding
this uniformity in the produce o
absolutely pure and unmixed races
there arises occasionally what i
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the established type. The American
deer has d fixed type of color, yet
white deer Is occasionally found. /
man has five toes and five fingers q
each member, yet occasionally 81
are found. s. this law gives rise t
the second great law shat underlIe
mental way. Heredlty Is the frs
and it may always be depended upJ
to govern the general characteristic
which determine the species, and tn
less general one winch determln
the herd, but when we come to Ind.
viduaI characteristics, which hav
never acquired a general oharacte
in ancestry, it usually fails. l
short, says Saunders, "the TRANSMITS
sion OF the greater share of ali tn
characteristics is a thing of univel
sal occurrence, but their TRANSMIT
sion In toto is an ideal cOnceptiu
that is never realized, and only
proportion as the ancestry has Al
sumed d fixed and unvarying type d
we find this ideal of the effect {
heredlty Appropriated"