1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
423 
PREPOTENCY OF ANIMALS. 
Will you tell me exactly what is meant by 
“prepotent,” a term I have seen in farm 
journals? How long is the term in use, and 
is it applied also to the female or only the 
male? What is known as to laws governing, 
or observations, on this subject, as it seems 
the essential in hereditary transmission? 
s. c. 
Webster defines “prepotency” as the 
capacity on the part of one of the parents, 
as compared with the other, to transmit 
more than his or her share of character¬ 
istics to their offspring, and “prepotent” 
as very powerful, superior in force, influ¬ 
ence or authority. Therefore an animal 
to have prepotency must be one of a 
strong physical nature, and must also have 
the power to transmit more than an ordi¬ 
nary influence when mated with other 
physically strong animals. Purebred ani¬ 
mals very generally show much more pre¬ 
potency than cross-bred or mongrel ani¬ 
mals, for the reason that their blood is all 
of one kind, and must necessarily produce 
a greater percentage of that blood in the 
offspring than would be the case where an 
animal carried several different strains of 
blood. T he results of breeding seem to 
be as if the different strains of blood in 
an animal did not mingle, but retained 
their own individuality. As an illustra¬ 
tion, let us suppose that the corpuscles in 
the blood of different animals of the same 
kind, as cattle for instance, are different 
in each breed, and even in different indi¬ 
viduals of the same breed, but approaching 
each other more nearly as the relationship 
grows closer. Then let us suppose that in 
mingling the blood of two animals that 
these corpuscles retained their individ¬ 
uality, and the stronger or more numer¬ 
ous would predominate, and therefore 
stamp the offspring with the character¬ 
istics of the animal from which these cor¬ 
puscles came. Here would seem to be an 
explanation for the phenomenon of an ani¬ 
mal resembling a parent or a grand-parent 
where the strain of blood seemed to be 
less in volume, but evidently stronger than 
the other. So if we wish to perpetuate 
a certain type of animal we must breed so 
as to aid the development along the 
wished-for lines, and not introduce blood 
that would be apt to cause a change. For 
instance, we have a purebred dairy cow 
that is a great butter producer, and we 
wish to perpetuate her qualities. We 
should select a bull to mate with her that 
is of her own general type. If such can 
be obtained, one from a great producing 
cow is better, but I would not go outside 
of the type of animal to get one from a 
great producer, for then we woyld have 
the two strains warring with each other, 
as it were, and nobody knows what the 
result would be. We should have our 
animals in perfect physical condition. The 
cow should not be overfed to cause her to 
over-tax herself in giving milk. Then 
when the calf arrives he should be reared 
with the idea of promoting perfect health 
and strength. If this calf developed into 
a robust animal, with no objectionable 
features, I would breed him back to his 
dam, or if I should get a heifer from my 
cow, I would try again, and if I got a 
bull the second time, I would breed the 
full brother and sister together to produce 
a highly prepotent animal. 
I know that this practice of inbreeding 
is generally condemned, but I believe that 
the reason of so many failures is that the 
breeder does not thoroughly understand 
his animals. 1 he inbreeding of dairy ani¬ 
mals is probably the most dangerous of 
any, because when one organ is abnor¬ 
mally developed, it is always at the 
expense of another, and the ones more 
nearly connected suffer the most. There¬ 
fore when we abnormally develop the 
milking function we do it at the risk of 
weakening the reproducing organs, and 
this is why the great producing cows of a 
bleed so rarely reproduce themselves in 
their offspring. But as an illustration of 
a tremendously prepotent bull produced 
by inbreeding, I will cite the case of the 
Jersey bull Pedro. Jupiter and Alphea 
were mated, and produced Mercury. 
Mated again they produced Europa, that 
made 15 pounds of butter in a week. Mer¬ 
cury was bred to Europa, and produced 
the bull Sarpedon, who sired Domino of 
Darlington. Europa was also bred to 
Rioter 2d and produced Eurotas, that 
made 22 pounds and seven ounces butter 
in a week. Domino of Darlington was 
mated with Eurotas, and produced Pedro. 
Pedro sired 45 daughters that tested from 
14 pounds six ounces to 26 pounds of but¬ 
ter in a week, besides many great produc¬ 
ing bulls. His prepotency was such that 
the “Pedro” type shows itself through 
many generations. j. grant morse. 
BUYING “FOOT-SORE " HORSES. 
Some time'ago you asked for information 
from those who had tried buying footsore or 
pavement-sore horses. I have not seen any 
reply, i have been trying to get one or two. 
I want a horse for farm work that will do 
for the carriage. u. 
R. N.-Y.—Judging from our own experi¬ 
ence most of those who buy such horses are 
more willing to “forget it” than to give their 
experience. No doubt there are some bar¬ 
gains to be had, but with good horses as 
high as they are now, most people will keep 
them as long as they are really fit for serv¬ 
ice. The average “sore" horse is pretty well 
used up. Fall is the best time to buy. We 
shall be glad to have experience from those 
who have tried the horses. 
Feeding fok Large Eggs _Some one as*ked 
about food to make large eggs. A large pro¬ 
portion of corn will make larger eggs with 
yellower yolks, but you will not get so many 
in number as when fed on wheat, buckwheat, 
etc.: that is* my experience. w. d. b. 
Lake George. N. Y. 
Is Your Horsed 
Worth $l.°° ? 
That is what it will 
cost to cure his curb, 
splint, spavin, wind- 
_ . „ . puffs or bunches, 
r* e ar . We |j ave thousands 
of testimonials covering 30 years’ use. 
W. B. Fasig, Presid’t Ohio Breeders Ass’n, writes: 
Quinn’s Ointment 
is the most valuable remedy before the public.” 
At your druggist or by mail, prepaid, for $i, with 
our guarantee to refund the money If you are 
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^Wm. B. Eddy & Co., High St., Whitehall, N.Yj 
A LOST COW. 
That can never happen where the 
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Made from finest quality of Swiss 
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Bevln Bros. Mfg. Co.,East Hampton,Conn. 
^SORBINE 
will reduce inflnmed, swollen Joints* 
Bruises, Soft Bunches,' Cure Boils, 
Fistula, or any unhealthy sore quick¬ 
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blister under bandage or remove 
the hair, and you can work the 
horse. $2.00 per bottle, express 
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ABSORBINE, JR., formankind, 
r $1.00 per bottle. Cures Varicose 
-.in.' Veins, Varicocele Hydrocele, 
Strains, Bruises, stops Pain and Inflammation. 
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Troy Chemical Co, Binghamton, N. Y. 
MILK CANS ROB 
YOU 
Look ’through a microscope at milk 
set to cream in pans or cans andyou’U 
see how they rob you. You’ll see the 
caseine—the cheese part—forming a 
spidery web all through the milk. 
You’ll see this web growing thicker 
and thicker until it forms solid curd. 
How can you expect all the cream to 
rise through that? It can’t. This 
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i. 
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caseine web catches a third to half the 
cream. You stand that loss just as 
long as you use pans or cans for they 
haven’t enough skimming force to 
take out all the cream. But, just the 
min ute you comm e nce us ing Sharpies 
Hairy Tubular Cream Separator, you 
stop that loss. 
Sharpies Dairy Tubular Cream 
Separators have 10,000 times more 
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and twice as much as any other separ¬ 
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best condition for making Gilt Edge 
Butter. Caseine don’t bother the Tub- 
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West Chester, Pa. 
Toronto, Can. Chicago, III. 
TRY IT FREE 
ON YOUR OWN FARM 
Test the Champion Milk Cool¬ 
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If it saves time and work, gives 
you more and better cream, 
butter and cheese, then keep 
it if you want it. Ifnot.send 
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I 1th St. Cortland, N. Y. 
GET DAVIS’ PRICE 
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at real wholesale factory prices. Save 20% 
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not equalled. It will double your dairy 
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money saving catalog No. 140. 
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68A Ni Clinton St., Chicago, U. S. A* 
Low 
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Tank 
PRIM WORK 
nss- 
Yu/v? ^oEr+ir Brings sore shoulders and I 
harness galls. Bickmore’s 
JIVKOL Gall Cure will cure it while | 
you work the horse. 
BICXMORE’S GALL CURE 
. in guar&ntoed or money back to I 
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cracks, outs and bruises. Look 
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8old by dealers. 
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FUMA 
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Deportment A. WORCESTER, MASS. 
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AGRICULTURAL WORKS 
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