The Columbus journal., 1909-12-15
HEAR A new THEORY
ALL LIFE OWES ORIGIN TO BAG
TERRA OR MIcRoeE.
SIMPSON MAKES An ADDRESS
Prof. Dean Of kans1s Takes Ground
That Breeding b Secondary to
Good Feeding.

Probably the most mover ADDRESS
given before the American Breeders
Assn in connection with the National
Corn show was delivered by 9. l.
Simpson, member of the committee on
theoretical research in heredity. The
speaker contends that all life owes its
origin to bacteria and he offered a
highly technical and scientific paper
to back up his statements.
'"All animal and plant life owes its
existence to germs, or, if you please.
microbes" declared the speaker. This
statement caused some divergence Of
opinion and friendly discussion. Mr..
Simpsons address attracted consider
able attention and is destined to incite
widespread interest, as he will deliver
the same lecture before the American
association for the Advancement Of
Science at Boston in the near future.
Three men of national reputation
addressed the meeting of the associa-
ton at the National Corn exposition
and each advanced some idea which set
their hearers to thinking. II. ]. Wa
tiers, dean of the Kansas Agricultural
college, took the stand that breeding
was secondary to good feeding when
it came to a matter of putting broad
hips on cattle.
eff you would have a big. broad
steer you must see that he is well fed
from his YOUTH" said Dean Waters,
speaking on "The Influence of Nutri-
ton on Animal Type, or the Effect of
Feeding on the Types of Animals"
students have always approved Of
the stand that heredity plays the most
important part in shaping cattle and
have endeavored to accept the theory
that feed and environments were Sc
condary to heredity. 1 will try to
measure the influence of nutrition and
leave the balance to account for by
heredity."
with reference to the principles in
volved in their improvement by selec-
ton and breeding, we may divide AMI
mails into three general classes" said
Prof w. J. Spillman of the United
States Department of Agriculture. in
speaking on application of the Prin-
ciples of Heredity to the Improve
ment of Plants and Animals"
"The third class includes those or
ganisms in which cross fertilization
normally occurs. It includes all the
higher animals. Amongst plants there
are some species in which cross pol
lenation is necessary to seed produc-
ton, but generally speaking most
plants in this class are what We de-
scribe as open pollenated.
zone very interesting deduction
from the law of reconciliation is this;
that when a horned animal crops out
in a polled breed, or a red animal &C.
ours in a black breed, both of the
parents of such an animal are impure
with reference to the character which
crops out A few horned calves are
born in all polled breeds, which SIM
ply means that there are some indi-
viduals in the breed, which are not
pure bred with reference to horns.
Likewise. few red calves occur in all
black breeds of cattle which show
that some individuals of the breed are
not pure bred with preference to black
color.
By taking advantage of the law OF
recombipation it is possible to pro-
duce almost an indefinite number of
new breeds, breeding as true to type
as our present breeds"