The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-12-07

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Editorial Answer: pure-hrcd stock o.. various
breeds ea,ne into existence By some man or Sc, Of
men improving tho animals I'll a high degree o,
excellence was axcd in the breed so firmly tina,
.hla excellence would breed true TO the breed
type. At,cr that excellence VAS created or evolved
It, In really man made evolution In !ts nature,
and la worth became recognized widely enough
20 create a demand for tho particular breed. then
I ~aa feasible TO start a registry association for
hat breed.
The association would make ia own rules a. 10
ho~ sto~k shouia qualify for -eg!ssrasion. Natural.
y a prominent poln, would b. made OF tho neees-
slty o. tho animals tn DO registered having q csr.
ain proportion OF tho blood Of certain previous
animals a. shown By tho registration books Of the
association. Tho rules Of various associations DIT.
Ter. while many of them require tha; all the
blood o: tho animal tha, 10 10 DO Registered shah
DO pure. some associations have not been -
strict. The tendency eo!ag 10 require sooner Of
later tia, all tho blood In an animal ssall b
pare, As tho breed multipiica th!s requirement
becomes caa!cr %. salallmcn,. No general rule
tor registration can DO given that Will apply to all
fegsssry associations. and tho oaiy shsns a breed.
or can do In TO write TO tho secretary OF tho a~o-
c!s,tou registering his breed o. a,oek. to cot The
rules of tha, particular association.
How to Iir~~d TIP Grade Animals
II Ia surprising bow taa; grades become possessed
Of pure blood /! Tho grade females arc every sen.
Grafton bEed TO a pure blood male. The amount
Of pure blood Ia the offspring Ia always The SUM
os tho pure blood In The sirc and dam. divided b.
t~o~or oneIhait tho total amount, o. pure blood
IN tho afro and dam. For instance. a serub female
has no pure blood: while the paro blood OF tho
nalo Ia represented by ono. Nothing plus QUO II
ono Divide |, By two. and tho offspring Is found
10 be ono halt grade. or half blood. II tho halt.
blood female Ia bred to a pure male. tho grade
Of tho offspring will DO found tho same way as In
Tho nrs, ease~,ha, Is. onc.hait uh. amoun, Of
paro blood In tho tema!cl added TO QUO (thc
amount, OF pure blood In the male, gi.ca one and
ono'half. Divide this by two. aud the offspring
IL found to DO three toar,hs puro. Continuing
Tho breeding by tho use OF the highcs, grade To-
males and n pure maio and figuring In tho way
lust illustrated. tho third generation ID found to
DO "ovon-eighths pure: tho fourth. nt,een.six-
tecnthn: tho NTH. thirty one thirty seconds: the
sixth. nix'y-,hrce-aixt -fourths. e,c.
Done stop Using Parc-Isr-d Males.
IL !" clear that for tho purposes OF making
meat. wool. or milk. IL herd that Ii constantly
bred up by using II pure male and the highest
grade females. very soon becomes practically a.
good as pure-brcds.
Inc very merits OF high grades are likely to
work injury to tho herd: aimee the owner will
think no has nne animals and stop using pure
'naleA Tho grade afro may look nice and yet
hrced pack to his scrub ancestors. while tho pure
bred male. aided by his long liue OF pure-blood