Show CROSSING BREEDS IS NOT FAVORED the results ct c if t painstaking care exercised by breeders bleeders bre eders for or centuries are being wiped out in some sections where some dairy farmers are crossing breeds in a mistaken effort to secure a higher quality of milk and more of 0 ILI it says E J perry dairy specialist at the College ot of agriculture in new brunswick the development of each dairy breed explains mr perry Is the result of a process of selection covering hundreds of years thousands of men have spent the best years of their lives in breeding up pure strains of cattle through t selection cert bertaln tali aln characters have become fixed by crossing different breeds we interfere with the transmission of the factors which account tor for the die distinct characters of each breed in crossing breeds there Is not an exact blending of the characters as la Is often supposed instead an entirely new combination usually results the offspring of the cross may be fairly desirable but for breeding Vur purposes poses they are always uncertain for instance in cT crossing a guernsey with a holstein Holst eln the offspring inherit the quality of the holstein Holst eln and quantity of the guernsey fully as often as they inherit the quantity of the holstein holstean Holst eln and quality of the guernsey the dairyman will do best to choose the breed that best suits his tastes and meets the market requirements m ants select good individuals of a certain breed and use a registered sire of superior merit both as to type and as aa to production then the building up of a good looking herd having high average production Is reasonably certain |