Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-10-14
EtT HEAD OF HERD
0A WITH GREAT CAKE.
o..-,,, # blood ycsy Dcs'-ss~ OUT
Not An Absclyts oOsrs"S 7"
Excellence

'
~, o.ourn attention f. gwen 70 the
..1acf,,n OF the head OF ae neru'
-.,be,her Il be herd OF oatns' hoss %
La farr animals. TRs tact ths 'he
character of the pext gens'a"oh
live s,ocx, and, soon, tsas 81 'ne On
,i-o braediuz herd. GtIi he dese' n1Hie.
by tho size that Is being ssSo' Soou'u
-. Iont constanay IN MIND The S're
oYarts an influence on the aero es".
20 thu Of all the females sSoioiNsu'
and for this reason. Tssch nof~ core
ana study must be given - oo'n A''
;n6iyt6ual makeup and ancesay tnan
Is necessary II case % @aJ 'e'
member OF the herd.
The pedigree OF the male uf'e' "
.t7,.,ed. not 90 mIch for mo purpo'e
n, finding therein the names Oh Id
mons ancestors which have pee"
show animals, az to form an ea'lnl",'
aa 10 the probabilities Of tire iHale IA
question being able 20 GIhsTlt hS
evas,,ial qualities Of u'tiNY. The lni-
mediate parents exert by far ii'' fTed'
,aet influence on the msHe'ap anu
oreeding qualities Of an indlnouh' Il
pifher parent is not strong sno 'lSo'
o,,e mr. Il each OF these parents nave
40, already produced other animals Of
,exceptional merit il is not cehSloe'eI
good business 10 pay very large price
for one of their offspring. Unless 'ne
,,arerts have proved their ability &c
rrod,,ce excellence in a large numoe'
Of their offspring the chances are ina
the animal in question VIII prove
great disappointment All OF IN
-,rs,, dnarents combined exert an iniu
epca about equal to one immediate
naran1 and that should be taken fnt'
account. The influence Of any glVef
ancestor back Of the grandparents Il
so sma4. as to be practically gu
gible quantity.
After care has been exercised n 'h'
selection Of the sire, both Tor lhd.
v.dual excellence and good ance 'tiy
fbe real trial comes when the ac1ua
breeding qualities OF the male ar
tested ON by mating him to q few re
males which have proved then meri
"a breeders. II his offspring vltt
theea females fail TO show except ona
merit then he should be discardti a
once and another young male trle1 on
in the same way until a satlsfa LOT.
,,ue is found Successful breeder" ar
- AVS trying OUT young males TO IN
hpse of having something rel adj
Erese-ys. The failure 20 take thi
Scaution has been the undotr; Q
ESS eTeelle1.T .r,R Certainl.' nc
more than one in four OF the mos
nronn,sipg offspring OF excsp on
,payents. backed ~ by the best CT d,
',astrv ever really added anythir
me excel;,>reg Of the breed. II
80. 49,. aedigree and haivl
heceoh' thei, by -.sa the cr-ac
uafaty, S1nply incre, .ard pc
OF getting a satisfactory - =,
abovt one in four. The wise q.
lcf,sful breeder is not willing m a
anis risk, but prepares beforehavd II,
til he is absolutely sure of his oun,
Not so much attention need mai
TO the selection of the herd "a !
case where the stock is kept f. M
itr alone, as in case OF mar -aixjr
hogs for market, but in this caro ais
1t Is OF first importance that the her,
sire comes Of good parents an "A,
he Is strong and vigorous m yer,
way Purity Of blood is no al 7,u.,
guaranty of excellence. The c',nce
are that the pure-bred sire III n
able TO transmit the desired ruau.--
with much more certainty than
case of the animal with a mixed
cestry, but vitality and prol,- ,er,
are the all-important and fsr.rc in
factors TO be considered.
E. L. 10 5aa,
Louisiana State University