Show heredity of disease it is u the general belief if either amale a male or female animal met with an injury on any part of its it bo body d or jims during the pr egnacy of the ye female this injury will never I 1 be 1 I 3 shown by the oT offspring spring but we have lately heard of several in stance to the contrary of injuries being fully transmitted more particularly ticul arly however from the female so that they ought to be guarded fig against abnit in breedin breeding as well as against disease in g the parents the latter is is so genera generally I 1 ly certain to be developed in the 0 offspring fri all ble persons agree t that h at neither male nor female should ever be permitted to breed when diseased in the slightest degree there are immense loses annually suffered in n rearing young animals born of such parents reaves curb spavin side bone and ring bone are the most ordinary ailments that are shown in horsek while scrofula dei de i most surely and disaster ous ly in cattle parent animals of every kind should be in perfect health and condition at the time of breeding and ana the young should be judiciously J fed and attended to until fu full 11 grown and then they will be fit for the beat oft ervice through aa an extra length of life our farmers would add millions of dollars annually to their incomes if they would persistently adopt the above suggestion ug in breeding and rearing t their heir domestic animals A B alien allen in american agrico li for september |