Show IMPROVE CHARACTER OF BREEDING STOCK N aw I 1 ile 1 Z vz 7 I 1 k ry M k V K if aa HERD OF KANSAS SHORTHORN BULL CALVES importation of first class breeding a animals improves the stock of 0 any country and tends towards uniformity according to E N wentworth professor of animal breeding in the kansas state agricultural college uniformity in any breed is obtained by an interchange ot of animals between different sections of the world sv orld said professor wentworth argentina now buys some shorthorns Shor thorns from the united states instead of buying her entire supply from england so as to keep her er improved stock equal to that of this country the introduction of high class imported animals into any herd brings in fresh traits which will often improve the character of the animals produced regains lost characteristics characteristics which have been lost as a result of a change of location or modified methods of selection will be regained in many cases by the introduction of animals from the original home of the breed the first ayr shires that were imported into the united states were fair dairy animals but since selection for high production was not rigidly applied their offspring did not progress so rapidly as other breeds until importation from ayrshire assumed reasonable proportions now the best ayrshire butterfat record rivals that of the jersey from the advertising standpoint the importation of purebred animals Is advantageous believes professor wentworth people as a rule think of imported animals as superior to home hom e bred stock this belief Is not so strong fis as it used to be however tr fr bre bleeders breeders breed eders erg fire are coming coining more and more mora to consider the actual value of an animal inferior animals were formerly sold for much more than their real worth because they were imported such a condition still exists to a limited extent but at present animals are not bought because of the place of their birth but because of their breeding and individual merit dont depend on importation As long as the demand for imported animals was greater than the supply many fraudulent pedigrees pedigreed grees were used for animals brought into this country this trouble with importations was greatest previous to 1910 inspection of pedigrees pedigreed grees of imported animals in some breeds begun about this time has reduced this evil greatly it if the practice of using imported Import eI animals Is followed too closely stock men become too dependent on foreign breeders bleeders bre eders for their breeding stock said professor wentworth one result in this country has been to scatter the individuals of a breed so that in horses particularly few constructive breeding establishments have been formed the best animals are often taken to districts where here no purebred animals are available to mate to them this is a disadvantage from the standpoint of constructive breeding but not from that of the average seed stock should not come from average animals however but from the best herds studs a and n d I 1 locks flocks |