. Domesticated animals, their relation to man and to his advancement in civilization;. Domestic animals. DOMESTICATED BIRDS 177 months after they come into the world. Thus the species affords really ideal conditions for that process of selection on which the improvement of all domesticated animals intimately depends. Selective breeding of pigeons began in India, as the rec- ords seem to show, more than two thousand years ago. Thouorh other ani- mals have been brought to domes- tication at much earlier times, this appears to have been the first of them to be sub- jected to deliberate efforts on
. Domesticated animals, their relation to man and to his advancement in civilization;. Domestic animals. DOMESTICATED BIRDS 177 months after they come into the world. Thus the species affords really ideal conditions for that process of selection on which the improvement of all domesticated animals intimately depends. Selective breeding of pigeons began in India, as the rec- ords seem to show, more than two thousand years ago. Thouorh other ani- mals have been brought to domes- tication at much earlier times, this appears to have been the first of them to be sub- jected to deliberate efforts on the part of their masters, which were in- tended to bring about in a method- ical way certain changes in their forms and habits. The most curious part of this great endeavor which has been applied to breed- ing pigeons is found in the fact that the ends sought have no utility, but afford satisfaction from the point of view of pure diversion or the gratification of taste. We are well accustomed to the action of such motives upon our flowering plants of the garden, but the pigeon is the only animal w^here fancy has labored for thousands of years for its Turtle Doves. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate, 1841-1906. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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