Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-02-18


and more manifest in each succeeding
crop.
Secretary Wilson also said: zone of
the greatest triumphs of the Agricultur-
al Department was the introduction of
Russian mscsroni wheat into the Unit
ed States. About 100000 bushels were
harvested In 1902, and the demand cam
not be supplied. This wheat yields from
one-thlrd to onehalf more than the
other standard wheats in the same
locality throughout the great plains
region
Wheat is wheat the world over, and
why should one variety yield more than
another grown on the same soil and sub.
jected to the same preparation before
the seed is sownp answer, because of
better and stronger parentage, as the
hardy nature, the good deep root, the
sturdy straw, the drouth and disease re-
sisting character, the large head and the
plump grain of the parent plant is
transmitted to the offspring, and with
qualities of such superiority In the par
ent, be it man, animal or plant, the ex-
cellence of the progeny lie assured.
To the breeders of live stock, l would
say, If you expect to be eminently sue
cessful, you must employ similar meth
ods to those which bring success to the
husbandman In his efforts to improve
the varieties or breeds of plants. You
must pursue the same policy of careful
selection In your choice of animals to
become the sires and dams of your
herds, and 1t is certain IL this selection
is made wisely and persevered in, that
vast improvements In the quality of
your farm animals will be accomplished,
for has 1t not been amply proven in the
experience of every observsnt breeder
that the production of good colt or
calf is not due to accident, but is the
natural result of the mating Of two ami
mails, bo-Sof which are endowed With.
superior quality Of bone and muscle,
good style and carriage, and symmet-
rlcally constructed body, together with
healthy condition of the organic sys-
tenn; and when these conditions prevail
in the parent animals nine times out of
ten the offspring will be at least as good,
and may surpsss in value its progeni-
tors.
When selecting your brood ANIMALS
you should carefully note every point of
strength and weakness in both sexes,
taking care that where any weakness
exists In one parent that the correspond
ing part In the other shows remarka-
BILE development, so that In the young
enough of the strength of one to coun-
teract the weakness of the other may
be inherited, thus ridding the family of
an anatomical mistake, and bringing to
the animal breeder an experience SINH
lar to that of the cotton farmer who by
a continued, prudent selection of seed
was able to produce better yielding
and better quality of cotton each sue
ceeding year; and those desirable results
must emsnste from the same cause;
namely-the transmission of the ele.
ments of q gradually improved heredity.
We will now very briefly consider
whether or not the farmer horse breed.
ers of Delaware county are making use
of the motto-"The selection of the fit
test for the purposes of propagation, ''and
the most available means of securing ev-
idence from which the facts can be sscer-
tanned is to make personal inspection
of the farm horses congregated on the
streets and in the livery stables of this
city from day to day. The result of
such an inspection would be continu.
GUS and unimpeachable reply in the
negative, and the verdict arrived at by
the person making the inspection must
necessarily be mot guilty." and think
this should be accompanied with plea
for mercy.
How many horses do you imagine
are driven into Manchester each month
which would, if offered for sale, bring
the sum OF 800, even in these days OF
high prices?
| There are undoubtedly quite number
that would bring this figure, but you al
know that when numerically considered
with those which are worth from forty
to seyenty.iive dollars they are few.
II Now, this condition of affairs is al
wrong, for 1t is just as easy to raise ,
horse worth $3.50 as it is to raise on,
worth only $40, and only the way il
] which you have any reason to expec
t your horse to belong to the former clas
, is by the wise application during th
) breeding season of your knowledge o
the principle of heredity.
II Use nothing but the best and strong
est of horses, both male and female, a
animals of propagation, and under n
!, consideration should you use an anima
3 suffering from any unsoundness, unles
1 it be q barbwire scar, or some othe
| condition which you know to be the re
t suit of accident, and one which you ar
' well assured cannot impair the animal
8 vitality, but If there is any question Q
this do not give the animal the benef
0 of the doubt, but refuse his service.
r A great many breeders entertain th
4 erroneous idea that mares of an ad
yanced age, when too stiff, too wea
! and too slow to be of further service 1
o the harness, are good enough for breeG
8 ing purposes, forgetting that the Law
|. lof heredity demand sound and Syigol