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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
•Tune 2 
PROPOSED NEW BREEDING RULE. 
For Holstein-Friesian Cattle. 
At the next meeting of the Holstein 
Friesian Breeders’ Association the fol¬ 
lowing proposition will be voted on: 
1. No animal shall be registered whose 
dam has at any time borne a calf from a 
sire other than a purebred Holstein. 
2. No animal shall be registered whose 
dam has been exposed during heat or at 
other times to the service of more than 
one sire. 
I have had the misfortune to have a 
neighbor’s bull get over the line fence 
and serve one of my best cows, and the 
calf went to the butcher, but the next 
calf from this cow and my Holstein- 
Friesian bull stands in my barn to-day, 
and is a perfect model of a Holstein- 
Friesian cow, and one of the be^t. As 
to the second proposition, too much care 
cannot be taken. I do not think a 
breeder nas any right to let two bulls 
run with the herd cr one cow at all, and 
such offspring should not be eligible to 
records. c. n. stevens. 
Jefferson, Wis. 
Environment, uses, and abuses change 
cnaracter, form and temperament of ani¬ 
mals as well as men. There may be, and 
w r e are inclined to think there is, an in¬ 
fluence exerted on a pregnant female, 
tnat to a certain extent controls the off¬ 
spring in desires and temperament. But 
when it comes to the question of pre¬ 
vious impregnation, w r e do not think it 
possible that it will have any influence 
on after generations. We have in 20 
years’ breeding never had an example 
of it, and have never seen a case that 
pointed that way, while numerous cases 
have demonstrated the fallacy of it. 
Columbus, 0. wm. n. smith & son. 
I do not believe that impure blood 
could ue carried from one period of 
gestation to another. The second change 
in the by-laws proposed I feel is an emi¬ 
nently wise one, for if any cow is bred 
to more than one sire within a few days, 
it must always put some question on 
the parentage of the calf resulting. It 
certainly narrows the question down to 
a fine point, but I want to see the breed¬ 
ing of purebred cattle surrounded with 
such safeguards as to leave a pedigree 
absolutely without question. Dellhurst 
I arm, therefore, can be put down as in 
favor of the second change proposed, 
and as neutral on the first proposition. 
Cleveland, O. H. b. van cleve. 
We have never Known of any bad re¬ 
sults from a cow having borne a calf 
from other than a purebred sire. We 
are not in favor of making the addition 
to the by-laws. If a man is unfortunate 
enough to lose a calf through careless¬ 
ness of his neighbors, in letting a bull 
get out, we do not think he should lose 
the use of the cow thereafter as a breed¬ 
er, for we believe her calves are likely 
to be just as good as though she had not 
been in calf to a bull of another breed. 
We do not think calves should be re¬ 
corded where their dams have been ex¬ 
posed to the service of more than one 
sire. w. b. barney & co. 
Hampton, Iowa. 
It has been claimed by some who think 
thalt they are experts, that a purebred 
female, bred to a bull of another breed, 
might taint the future produce of the 
cow. I am not aware that it has been 
demonstrated that such is true. I should 
deem it a misfortune to have one of my 
finest cows meet with such an accident, 
yet if such should happen, I don’t think 
it sufficient cause to bar her future 
progeny from being recorded. I think it 
quite important that every breeder 
should know beyond a doubt the very 
sire of'each calf (all good breeders will 
know); however, if such should occur, 
all animals being purebred and regis¬ 
tered, it must be that the result of two 
services at same heat by different sires, 
the result, nevertheless, would be a 
purebred calf, but under the present 
rules of the Hol9tein-Friesian Associa¬ 
tion it would not be eligible to record, 
from the fact that we could not sign 
breeder’s certificate, not knowing which 
bull was the sire. m. e. moore. 
Cameron, Mo. 
PROPOSED EXPERIMENT WITH HOGS 
Which Is The Best Breed ? 
We have had in mind for some time an 
experiment with hogs. The plan was to 
select good, typical sows of several breeds, 
and keep them so as to obtain five or six 
litters from each. The sows are to run 
at pasture during the Summer, and to be 
kept about as the average farmer can af¬ 
ford to keep them. We would keep an 
accurate account of the grain consumed 
by each sow and her family, and also an 
account of sales, so as to tell which sow 
gave the best returns. John M. Jamison, 
of Ohio, gives below some practical views 
of such an experiment: 
I would try to select sows that have 
had one or two litters, and are known to 
be good mothers. A young untried sow 
might fail entirely. You might get two 
or three sows of each breed, and after 
farrowing, put those in the experiment 
that are best suited. Your experiment 
will differ from that of most of the sta¬ 
tions in that you let your animals run 
to pasture, instead of keeping in pens 
while feeding. In this you will come 
nearer to the farmer than they do. I 
found, while producing animals for 
breeding purposes, that one great item 
of expense was keeping the animals in 
separate pens and feeding them sepa¬ 
rately, requiring so much more fencing 
and time, that I did not think came back 
to me in the additional advantage of 
having each animal fed alone. As to 
breeds, i would select the Poland China, 
Berkshire, Duroc Jersey, Chester White, 
and if I wanted to experiment in the 
bacon line, the Tamworth—or large 
Yorkshire. The small breeds cut such 
a small figure in the great pork-produc¬ 
ing sections, that it would hardly pay to 
put them into the experiment. Sows se¬ 
lected at two years old would last as 
long as you wished to continue the ex¬ 
periment. 
Five good sows should put on the mar¬ 
ket 80 pigs each year. I have had them 
do it two years in succession. Sows of 
two years at time of selection would, 
before the experiment of three years ran 
out, give better returns if mated with 
males, say, one to two years old. I do 
not think it necessary that so many 
breeds should be carried at once. Say 
three breeds for three years, keeping all 
data, and then three more breeds for 
same length of time, all kept as nearly 
as possible under the same conditions. 
Then you could keep two sows of each 
breed, and probably the results would 
be more satisfactory. One thing must be 
avoided—that of overstocking. At the 
same time, I know what is overstocking 
with one man is not with another. Each 
man must know his own capacity and 
that of his farm for pig production. One 
point should be brought plainly to all 
farmers -i. e., that the cost of produc¬ 
ing pork increases with age. 
J. M. JAMISON. 
Another Suggestion About Breeds. 
Mr. G. L. Gillingham, of New Jersey, 
gives this advice: I would start with 
mature sows, if possible. Of course, 
they would cost more to begin with than 
young sows, but you would not have to 
wait so long and have them to feed so 
long before you began to get some re¬ 
turns. The pigs of the second or third 
litters are much larger and stronger, and 
start off better and grow faster, and do 
better all round, than those from the 
first litter of a young sow before she is 
mature. As to breeds, I presume you 
would do better with the larger breeds 
than with the small ones. The Poland 
China, Berkshire, Jersey Red, large 
breed of Yorkshire and Chester White 
would be good for the large breeds. The 
Essex, Suffolk and small breed of York¬ 
shire are very small, not as growthy, and 
not nearly as susceptible of making large 
and rapid growth. You would find no 
trouble in having your sows to bring 
two litters a year. By having the first 
to come in March, or very early in April, 
wean them when two months old, breed 
again in from five to seven days, and 
the next litter would come last of Sep¬ 
tember or early in October. After the 
pigs are weaned in May or June the sows 
would not require any feed except good 
pasture and pure water, unless you did 
not expect to breed them and wanted to 
fatten them. By good care and liberal 
feeding the pigs would be fit for market 
for pig pork in seven or eight months; 
the Fall pigs could be sold in March or 
April, if they had warm, comfortable 
quarters for the Winter and kept grow¬ 
ing. If once allowed to stop growing it 
is hard to start them again. 
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(Chester White and Berkshire Pigs, the kind for 
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