Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-14
PURE BRED STOCK AND AGRICULTURE
BY Converting Crops Of the Farm into Live Stock the Product
Can Be Marketed Much More Cheaply, Since Trans
portation Charges Will Be Reduced.

farm very lntCDSlNGly and keep llNC
stock which is for the most part pure
bred. Not only is this stock a source
of profit itself but it is also considered
valuable because the manur produced
is worth a great deal to them as fcrtil-
izcr. I'm this way they get maximum
rotugns from their land. They cannot
ltford TO raise scrub animals as the
eost Of production is very high, so
that they must produce uniformly good
animals in order to obtain the highest
market price.
1T has been demonstrated time and
again that pure-bred animals which
have been bred for a particular pur-
pose for generations will reproduce
heir qualities i'm their offspring very
Uniformly. This is not true of animals
+ mixed breeding. SC that they can
not be depended upon to produce ami
mails of high merit along the lines
hosen by The breeder.
Not only are pure-bred animals
Which have been properly selected.
lble to successfully compete with ami
rails of mixed breeding for market
purposes but in the majority of cases
hey return more pounds of gain and
ring a higher price per animal. Be
ides their market value they have an
ldded value as breeding animals. If
more people were engaged in breeding
oure-bred stock there would be more
nance to select breeding animals, and
t would be possible to 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 all ami
mails that are pure-bred are necessarily
good individuals, and furthermore, that
Ill of them are good enough for breed
bred stock are to be found a certain
percentage of animals which are very
MOOR representatives of their breed.
These animals being pure-bred, are
therefore just as sur of reproducing
their own qualities as are pure-bred
L NlllIIItlS vi SOOu Al vi IlO-
/! iucing theirs. 1t is easy to see that
when pure-bred animals of poor indi-
viduality are used as sires on animals
Vt mixed breeding. that they are very
sure to stamp their qualities on their
Nffspring and the result is that the of.
spring is not as good as they might
have been if proper care had been tax
en- to select a pure-bred sire of good
Individuality. 1t very often happens
that breeders make the mistake OF
buying their sire on strength of pedi
gree alone and are sorely disappointed
with the results obtained by using a
pure-bred sire and at nee state that
pure-bred stock is worthless. A pedi
gree is a valuable aid in selecting ami
mails. as it enables n to judge what
breeding the animal has back of it
but one must also be sure to select 6
GOOD individual as we'll as a good ped
igree if he wishes to obtain the bes'
RESULTS.
1t matters little which of the APP
proved pure breeds are chosen t
work as they ali have certain advan
ages. In choosing "a breed o
hould be careful! to pick one that j
,dapted to the purpose for which it j
o be used, and also that it is a bree,
nich appeals to the owner, and il
vhich he takes great pride.