. Breeding of farm animals. Livestock. SYSTEMS OF BREEDING l8l their pedigree, and thus fail to consider individual merit and performance. A line-bred pedigree is good or bad, according as the individual animals composing it are good or bad. The breeder who selects by pedigree alone w^ithout regard for individual merit or performance is likely to find his herd deteriorating in a few generations. This is especially true with this system of breeding, as both good and bad characters alike are advanced and intensified. Inbreeding.—This consists in mating animals closely related. It is line-breedin
. Breeding of farm animals. Livestock. SYSTEMS OF BREEDING l8l their pedigree, and thus fail to consider individual merit and performance. A line-bred pedigree is good or bad, according as the individual animals composing it are good or bad. The breeder who selects by pedigree alone w^ithout regard for individual merit or performance is likely to find his herd deteriorating in a few generations. This is especially true with this system of breeding, as both good and bad characters alike are advanced and intensified. Inbreeding.—This consists in mating animals closely related. It is line-breeding carried to its limits, and may. Fig. 60—Brown Swiss Cow "Arlena" be employed in grading to improve the herd, or in pure- bred breeding to improve the breed. This system has been used successfully in establishing, as well as improv- ing, practically all of the modern breeds of farm animals. It was first put into regular practice by Bakewell, and since his time has been employed more or less by all successful 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 Harper, Merritt Wesley, 1877-. New York, Orange Judd
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