HEREDITY IN GOATS 



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the Fg polled males and F.^ horned females breed 

 true to their respective characters. In goats a 

 pair of horned animals descended from fom* parents 

 all of which were also horned breed true to the 

 horn character without exception in the few cases 

 of this precise mating which the writer has been able 

 to collect ; but practically all matings of two polled 

 individuals throw a proportion (1:3) of horned 

 progeny whatever the precise germinal constitution 

 of the parents may be. 



The following tables give full details of the data 

 collected from which readers can draw their own 

 conclusions : — 



The Breeding op 1,370 Goats. 



Approximate percentages : — 



488 Horned Goats are bred : — 



24 per cent, from 2 horned parents. 



46 per cent, from 1 polled 1 horned 



parent. 

 30 per cent, from 2 polled parents. 

 882 Polled Goats are bred : — 



3 '50 per cent, from 2 horned parents. 



