The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-17
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Choosing a Breed,


An erroneous idea seems 10 be com
mo- to the effect that a beginner in 4
given farming district should choose i
breed different from that handled oy
his immediate neighbo- L Re : 20
expect prof: from tie Ire s-ack :rss':-
ing business -es-e $ ~ Ess-s 81
-ious error :S4- ;A& Success rnrras
from unity 1z3 Coz G1I11,r - ~
operation = e-S-eSS Ss5Sl -rG,-t
and unfair co-V%-@c- AL- ho-t
parties involved. !; i therefore hes;
for . young man 70 commence va
that breed Of cattle. horses saeeF ~
swine which has BY some : est
been made 4 success OF in the 6lStrcI
II, for instance, several breeders have
long handled Shorthorn cattle 20 eoat
advantage in a community, Il would "a
tNwise for a beginner 10 start on,
With Herefords or AberGeen-A1sus
cattle. There is nothing the matte
with either Of the last-named breeds
Either n Of them may be handed 70
advantage and at a profit, but where
another breed has become popular j!
would seem wise to stick to that breed
rather than introduce a different Z
as q rival.
1t may be taken for granted tina;
where any particular breed of live
stock has long been bred to good ad.
vantage the environment suits tina;
breed and may not so well suit an.
other. At the same time IL is certain
that friends of the established breed
are everywhere in that district and
that the name and fame of the district
as the breeding center of a particular
type and breed of animals has become
widespread, so that buyers go there to
purchase animals annually at an ap-
preciative price. Were a beginner to
start out with an alien breed in such
a district he would have to build up a
name for II and so in time command
the patronage Of the buyer. This
would take much time and money TO
achieve, and meanwhile trade would
have come in had the beginner gone
into the same business as his neigh.
bors. 1t is we'll when a district is
thus engaged in the production of n
or more good products or specialties,
but 1t must be confessed hat very
many instances might be cited where,
instead OF harmony existing, breeders
are opposed to another and each
engaged in different breeding efforts
and ~endeavoring to belittle and hinder
the efforts of the other.
In some small counties 1t is possible
to find almost all of the breeds of cat.
tie represented, and some of the herds
are Of frst-class quality and breeding.
It would be better for all concerned
had each of these districts or counties
decided upon a single breed of beef
cattle and q single breed OF dairy
cattle, and its breeders then com
bined into a county association for the
purpose OF furthering by every legiti.
mate means the interest of the parti-
cular breed handled. Buyers would
become plentiful in such a center and
quality would decide the values OF
each mans animals and the amour,
of profit he would make annually as
compared with that of his neighbor
engaged in the same business. II Is
q difficult matter for a single breeder
to make a success OF his animals in
q given district. and success only
comes after many years of patient
effort, wide advertising and consider.
able expense.
IN choosing a breed we would, there
fore advise the beginner to select one
that is known to be suitable for the
district In which the stud, herd, OF
flock is to be established-one that
has been proved suitable by long ex
perience of neighbors who are engaged
In that production. II there is no such
breed in the district or II there is g
great diversity of opinion and practice
In the breeding Of animals, the begin
e will then have to study for him
self. but will do best to get his neigh
bors together and have them form ar