The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-01-27
THE MAGIC WORD IMPORTED,

THE MAGIC WORD IMPORTED.
From the Farmer and Breeder.
While everyone is web aware that
the major portion of our improved stock
is of European origin or development ii
is nevertheless true hat most people
give much too great Importance to the
fact That the particular animal in uues-
ton was bred the other side of the
Atlantic ocean" Some authorities
claim hat climatic conditions require
that we go to the warmer, more moist
countries to obtain animals to stand at
the top of the classes in our great
shows. If this is true perhaps stand
ards of judgment might be We'll
changed. The foods of the old country
can be used TO fit nimal for show
purposes with less danger of injury to
the animals future usefulness. Blu
America can grow roots and her herds
men car avoid corn If they really desire
TO do so and are willing to make suf-
1icient efforts in that direction. No
doubt the climate of Great Britain will
grow a heavier coat on cattle than is
natural To This country. And we all
like II heavy, messy coat OF hair.
But many of the imported animals of
all breeds of both cattle and horses are
far from being worthy animals of
known desirable ancestry. This was
a few years ago especially true of the
French horses. Bred under govern
ment supervision for many years and
kept strictly within their breed there
was notwithstanding little reliability to
be placed in their definite pedigreeS.
The Frenchman cared little for pedi-
gree except as it sold the colt to the
ankee. These things nave improved in
recent years, but we fear yet lack the
trueness to detail demand in America.
If we have for the past score of years
imported most of the top stations of
France and many Eood mares. along
with a large number of fat Gull stations
why should not American breeders be
able to produce Il colt equal to or bet
ter than very many of the imported
ones? The American breeder of pure
bred horses has no used the Gull stall
lions; he has had the best his judgment
could select. The poor mes We're sold
TO go into sections where fat covered
their multitude of defects. While we
do not decry the good imported ANNA
We do place the good home-bred one
ahead of the poor imported one. y
home grown stallion will likely prove q
much more certain breeder than the i'm
ported one, at least for the first two
years. We would like TO see the heavy
stations of all breeds needed in this
country raised by American breeders.
caSional great one which might
strengthen the breed in this country.
The American breeder has bred the
trotting horse that surpasses all the
rest of the world and the same energy
rightly applied will leave no room for
importing ordinary or common draft or
carriage stations.
The American Shorthorn association
recognized this fact of importing or
binary animals when they became pro-
tectioniSts and required a 500 recording
fee on imported Shorthorns. Yet no
breed has received the good from recent
imEortations that came to the Short
horns through the abors and skill of
Amos CruickShank. Among breeders of
Shorthorlls the word imported has as
great AN influence as mons draught
horsemen. Yet many of the imported
nimals Of the past decade have been
OF only ordinary individual quality.
We need as breeders and farmers to
strengthen U judgment and depend
more fully upon it. Let the fact of an
animal being American bred be rather
in its favor than otherwise. The Amer
lean people will not put themselves be-
hind any nation on earth and why
should not their products be rs good as
those of amy other people. Dependence
on the fact that the animal was inn
ported will be a poor reason to put him
at the head of our herd. The magic
word imported should lose and We be-
lieve is losing its undue influence.