Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-03
PURE BRED STOCK AND AGRICULTURE
BY Converting Crops Of ts Farm Into LIVE Stock hs Product
Can D, Marketed Much Mors Chsapy, Since Trans
portatioa Charges VII b Reduced

hsD. WI intsps1veiy. and keep live
seoeA vhtoh IL for the most part pure
bred. Not only is this stock source
of profit itself but II Is also considered
valuable because the manure produced
y voeA . g1sat deal 70 them as fertl.
tsss. ro tnls way they get maximum
returns from their land They cannot
a0oeA 70 raise scrub animals 40 the
eoA q production IL very high. 50
thaA tksy must produce uniformly good
animals IN order to obtain tho highest
naSksk ps1oel
n be- been demonstrated time and
again that pure-bred animals which
have been bred for = particular pur-
pose for generations viii reproduce
their qualities in their offspring very
uniformly. This 10 not true OF animals
Of mixed breeding, so that they can
not b depended upon to produce ami
malls Of high merit along the lines
chosen By The bresdss
Not snly are pure-bred animals
which have been properly selected,
able 70 successfully compete with AMI
nlals Of mixed breeding TOR market
purposes but IN the majority OF cases
they return moro pounds OF gain and
bring a higher price per animal. Be
sides their market value they have an
added value ~ breeding animals. II
moro people we're engaged in breeding
pure-bred stock thore would be more
chance to select breeding antmals. and
It would be possible 70 obtain better
individuals. Certain breeders would
be compelled TO restrain from Offering
for sale for breeding purposes, animals
OF poor Individuality, but which are.
however, pure-bred. Some people
have the mistaken idea that an anil
msls that are pure-bred are necessarily
all OF them arc good enough for breed
purposes. Among all kinda Of pure
bred stock are to be found certain
percentage OF animals which are very
poor representatives OF their breed.
These animals being pure-bred, are
therefore just as sure Of reproducing g
their own qualities ~ are pure-bred
animals Of good individuality Of pro
/ ducing theirs Il Is easy to see that
when pure-bred animals Of poor indi-
viduality are used as sires on animals
OF mixed breeding. that they are very
sure to stamp their qualities on their
offspring and the result is that the OF.
spring Is not as Sood As they might
have been II proper care had been talk
en- to select a pure-bred sire Of good
individuality. It very often happens
that breeders make the mistake Of
buying their sire on strength of pen
gree alone and are soreiy disappointed
with the results obtained by using 8
pure-bred sire and at once state tina,
pure-bred stock Is worthless. A pedi
gree 10 q valuable aid In selecting ami
mails, as II enables one TO Judge what
breeding the animal has back Of It
but one must also be sure TO select {
good individual as we'll as good ped
igree II he wishes to obtain the best
results.
II matters little which Of the ap
proved pure breeds are chosen te
work as they alt have certain advan
tAges In choosing q breed one
should be careful to pick one that Il
adapted to the purpose for which Il Il
, to be used. and also that II Is a breet
, which appeals to the owner. and Il
which he takos great pride.