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AUCTIONS. H. MATSON AND CO. HAVE YOU ANY FATS? HAVE VOU ANY PATS? HAVE YOU ANY FATS! CATTLE SHEEP PIGS DO YOU WANT TOP VALUES? DO YOU WANT TOP VALUES? AND IF THE ANSWER TO BOTH IS "YES," LET THIS ADVICE BE YOUR GUIDE IN MARKETING THEM. CONSIGN TO H. MATSON and C 0. THE PRIVATE FIRM, WHOSE WORK CAN BE CONFIDENTLY RELIED UPON TO PRODUCE HIGHEST POSSIBILE FIGURES, CARE, SKILL, SOUND JUDGMENT, AND ENERGY IN MAKING SALES, PUT WATSON'S IN THE FRONT RANK AS SALESMEN. SOilE PROBLEMS 01? ANIMAL BREEDING. Professor N. A. Croft, of the animal husbandry division of the Oklahoma College of Agriculture, contributes to the "AberdeenAngus Journal" of America, the following interesting article oo "Problems ol' Animal Breeding." He wrties:— To improve the type and quality of our live stock beyond tho possibilities of doing so by feeding, is primarily the breeders task. If we are to improve the quality of our live stock on the whole, we must look to breeding as a source of doing it. If we expect to get the best steers for fattening, that is, steers that will put on the greatest number of pounds of meat for the least amount of food consumed, we must select thickly fleshed cows of the beef type, and' mate them with thickly fleshed bulls that are of the beef type also. If we expect to get pigs that will make the greatest number of pounds of pork for the feed they consume and that will top the market when sold, we must have pigs of the right type and quality. To get pigs of the right type and quality necessitates breeding with this end in view. We must have type and quality in our breeding sows and mate them with lengthy boars that are smooth. Moreover, if we expect the daughters of dairy cows to produce more milk and more pounds of butter-fat than their dams, wo must see to it that they are sired by a bull that is out of » high producing dam. and to get the greatest increase of production we must seek high producing dams as well us bulln out of high producing dams. WE ARE NOW BOOKING ORDERS I FOR: j i W.OOLPACKS | CORNSACKS i SEAMING TWINE | I FOR THE FORTHCOMING SEASON. I H. MATSON and CO. | Vigour must not bo overlooked in breeding stock because we cannot get tho greatest number of pounds of pork, nor can we get the greatest milk production unless wo have health and vigour in our animals. Moreover, cows cannot stand up under the strain of a long period of heavy production unless they have vigour, nor will a steer, pig, or lamb put on rapid gains unless they have vigour because they will not consume enough feed to give profitable gains or else they will not the feed consumer in the mdst efficient manner. Then it becomes necessary to keep in mind when selecting breeding stock that the points which indicate vigour, and health must not bo overlooked. In view of these facts, we cannot overemphasise the value of good sires because the sire exerts a greater influence upon the subsequent generations of tho herd and flock than does any other animal in the herd. It is sometimes said that the sire is onehalf of tho herd. The reasons for this aro obvious. By good sires, I want to emphasise that I am speaking of good purebred sires. When you can buy purebred sires for what they can be bought for at prescut, there is hardly any justification for using a good grade, and there is certainly no justification for using a scrub. MANGOLDS, 17/6 per ton. MANGOLDS, 17/6 per ton. MANGOLDS, 17/6 per ton. H. MATSON and CO. HEREDITAEY. AN animal must have feed to develop its hereditary possibilities. For example, a steer may have the necessary heredity to make 10001b at one year old if properly fed. but if he is only fed sufficiently to make 8001b he cannot make 10001b. On the other hand, it a steer has tho. heredity necessary to make him an 8001b steer at one year, he may consume each feed to make a 10001b steer, but ho will only go to the limjt of his heredity. In such a 'case, the difference Is largely an hereditary difference. Tho steer that has only enough heredity to make' 800!b in a year does net utilise his jfeed to the same degree of efficiency as tho 10001b steer Therefore, ho is less desirable, because he is more wasteful. Moreover, a dairy cow may have an hereditary make-up to yield 10001b of jiuttcr-fat in one year, but in order t& do this she must be well fed. On tbe other hand, she may be limited in heredity by only having sufficient heredity to yield 5001b' of butter-fat in a year when well fed. This cow cannot be forced to prodtice 10001b of butter-fat. The difference between these cows is largely an hereditary difference. The same principle can bo applied to poultry, sheep, and hogs. DRAUGHT HORSES FOR SALE. ON ACCOUNT OF A DARFIELD CLIENT. 2 Eight-year-old Geldings I Seven-year-old Gelding (Broken to all work) PRICE £25 EACH. H. MATSON and CO. JUDICIOUS SELECTION. IT is true that all breeding problems have not been entirely solved, any more than the .prevention and cure of many diseases have been solved. However, wo may sum up the essentials that wei know thus far, as follows: 1. Select better sires. In this, emphasise individuality and performance of the sire, and of his ancestry. By so doing wo cannot overlook pedigree. 2. Insist on better females as rapidly as possible. Emphasise individuality, performance, and breeding. 8. Recognise good breeding practices.' It does not pay to overwork the young males. It pays, as a rule, to give the breeding stock ayention, feed, and care in order to get maximum results. 4. Always be on the alert for breeding Stock showing & higher degree of excellence than that in hand. This has been characteristic of all our leading breeders in the history of live stock improvement. 5. If stock is good, limited inbreeding will often increase the uniformity of the herd, and effect general improvement. 6. Do not use crossbreds for breeding stock. Although crossbreds may posse s more our than some purebreda, and may be quit™ uniform in appearance, breeding crossbreds has always resulted in offspring with less vigour than the parents, and decidedly lacking in uniformity. 7. Do not consider breeding a hit-or-miss proposition—it is an art. We are trying to accelerate the processes of Nature, and by the application of scientific facts wo hope to effect improvement. H. MATSON and CO., M6O3S Christchurcb.