Show foundation OF DAIRY HERD little point Pol seemingly trivia 21 go far toward joward making success in breeding fine cattle we are all quite familiar with the fact that weak bad points of 0 both plants and animals beem to be more easily established in the young thin the strong characteristics then there seems to be a natural tendency to retrogression or a cropping out of the bad points in animals and these are the things which aich we desire to ir V 16 healthy and VIgor cis cj type guard against like begets alke te Is a law of nature we expect the offspring to be like the parent this being the case a poor lean long lank ill shaped ani animal vial possessing a mean disposition will impart these same characteristics to his offspring in the same ratio that thia this is true of the poor animal which does not adhere to any particular type so it la Is true of the good well bred animal adhering closely to a fixed type find and possessing tho the characteristics of this breed ilo how often do you hear your neighbor say johnny jones should be a big strong fellow I 1 for bis his father before hita hira was one of the best looking men in the town ton the same Is true of animals since this Is a tact fact let us think for a moment as to the sire we us select for our foundation what sort of sire did this animal have how long has his family been known how ilow many wany brothers and bisters haa ban he and what hind kind of animals are they was his dam a good individual was as she a good mother if it of a class of ani mals that bring forth oung in twos or in a litter has he lie a inin brother or litter brothers it if eo so how manya many what percentage ae a e good individuals and shat records base they now these may seem at first to be of little value but without them upon what bat can ou base your estimated estimates of future success as a breeder |