330 PRINCIPLES OF BREEDING. 



By the removing of the horns a new breed is formed, which 

 does not differ in any other detail from the original breed, 

 except that in many instances it does not measure up to the 

 mother breed from a utility standpoint. This is due to the 

 fact that the promoters of the new breed have given most of 

 their attention to the removal of the horns, and in so doing 

 have lost sight of the points which made the mother breed 

 prominent and worthy of its place. The same thing is true 

 of a large number of our new breeds which are claiming the 

 attention of the public. That they are different in some re- 

 spects to the former breeds cannot be denied, but that this 

 difference makes them more desirable is another and very dif- 

 ferent question. In many instances the utility feature is lack- 

 ing, thus the new breed is of no real value to the live stock 

 industry. 



The time has come when a few of the more substantial 

 breeds are likely to gain in public favor and many of the new 

 breeds or sub-breeds are likely to gradually give away to their 

 more useful competitors. 



In the formation of a new breed the greatest precautions 

 should be taken to retain all the desirable qualities of our 

 present animals and to introduce such new features as will 

 be of practical value to the industry, rather than to just have 

 something different from what previously existed. The great- 

 est of care and the best of judgment should be exercised in 

 the selection of the foundation stock. Generally too much 

 leniency is allowed in this respect. By so doing animals of 

 inferior quality will be admitted which will always be a detri- 

 ment to the breed. 



Before a new breed can be formed and a special and sepa- 

 rate registry association be organized for such a breed, evi- 

 dence must be available that this so-called new breed is dif- 

 ferent in some distinctive feature from all other breeds. It is 

 not necessary that it must have merit to start a new breed, 

 but this feature will have to be demonstrated before it will 

 become popular in the eyes of the people. 



In organizing a registry association only certain animals 

 possessing the desired characteristics should be registered as 

 foundation stock. Thereafter no animals should be registered 

 except those whose sire and dam are foundation stock or trace 

 directly to them. In this way the more recent associations 

 have been organized and maintained for the protection of the 

 owners of this particular breed in question. 



