Panguitch Progress | 1916-10-20 | Page 3 | Why Pedigrees Are Useful

WHY PEDIGREES ARE USEFUL purebred Is result of careful selection and nd use ue of animals with strong points point 4 an animal in some ways resembles a river which Is the result of the combining of many streams the animae Is the result of the combining of the blood lines of parents grandparents great grandparents and so BO on if one of the streams to Is muddy though the rest be clean the whole river becom become j murky and likewise one poor ancestor will weaken the ibe animal that Is why pedigrees pedigreed grees are kept they do for the animal what keeping the muddy stream from flowing into the river does for the river the purebred Is the result of careful selection and use of the animals with i strong points and just as aa careful no an elimination of those that could not add strength or quality