. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. December 1905 i ©4w §x~eee»ev miD ^^ovt&ntan 11 UNIFORMITY IN BREEDING. The first important law in breeding is mt like produces like. But like all her rules and regulations there are cceptions. In opposition to this law the fact that like does not always roduce like. This is by no means det- mental in the breeding of live stock. he very fact that the progeny is dif- srent from either of the original stock lakes it possible to improve the stock, ecause the young stock is just as kely to be better than its parents, and L this case improvement is quickly j
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. December 1905 i ©4w §x~eee»ev miD ^^ovt&ntan 11 UNIFORMITY IN BREEDING. The first important law in breeding is mt like produces like. But like all her rules and regulations there are cceptions. In opposition to this law the fact that like does not always roduce like. This is by no means det- mental in the breeding of live stock. he very fact that the progeny is dif- srent from either of the original stock lakes it possible to improve the stock, ecause the young stock is just as kely to be better than its parents, and L this case improvement is quickly j hade. The average breeder of im- roved live stock is not as successful t he should be because he is slow to_ jicognize this fact. i Another difficulty is the inability of pine breeders to recognize type. In tder to breed up a strain of live stock ( ith intelligent perseverance that leads !t certain improvement it is absolutely Iscessary to select a type and fix it Krmly in mind. There are many fami- es of the same breed and individual members of the different families may bssess equal merit, but because of ifterence in type the breeding back and hrth results in mediocrity. i Many breeders fail to secure extra !aod stock just because they go from l'ie type to another. Superior animals bpeal to them and they buy from 'her breeders stock that is a detri- ent when mixed with their own, not Ucause the individual is not as good i they thought, but because the type 1! different and they failed to recognize â appreciate the fact. : In order to breed a uniformly high | *'ade family it is not only necessary i \\ understand the exact type required. at it is necessary to recognize by â lie study of pedigree of animals the [jne of improvement through which !iey have been developed It is neces- 'iry to weigh carefully the points of iperiority of the different dams and I res. Some of these may have been 'cceptiorially valuable, while others -eked in essential features. Farther 1 iian
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