NEW TYPES IN BREEDING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 761, 9 March 1910, Page 10

NEW TYPES IN BREEDING.

/. ; : ■.'■'.- ; ;CHANGDJG FASHIONS.. . ■ "In : a,-series of notes on different changes • of type which have been,taking'place ui ,«tock-breeding, the '-.'Farmer .and stock-. . ■breeder?' remarks 'that there bias been a ■very great' change 1 in the.type .of .Shire ;. : horse within the '.past '.'thirty-.years;-' \ We - ■: rarely,- it' says,- see"the "old. gummy legs, and horses that are liable to that form of. disease'are not often seen in the.show- . ya'ruT The ,stamp ..of ■ I horse • that' meets ' with'almost universal support nowadays , ." is" flat:bqhed,, with; good' joints: andifeet,.; »nd shows himselt/.active on-parade; ; -The". (big,: lumbering,.horse has Deen-supersctlbu : ' by :thersnarpj : ;active''.animai'.not..quito /SO weighty' as'-he, used ; tp\Be. •!-.. - ;'."• ■ -.'The Sou.thdojvh, - '. continues-biir contemporary; is ,the'heatest' 'ot'-all onr-breeds •f>i sheep;-.: One: "of :the- main, questions . : #iebreeder his; to;..settle, is the type that ' ' ii most profitable. The size of the hill ■■• sheep can easily -be. increased by transference to, more': luscious pasture and ,by : ifeeding - heavily,',,-The Southdowni howi ever,, maintains :its,'.hold uponpopular ' affections becau'se;;of its.handy'weight and superb- quality: i.Any 'tendency,:to. cpmipete ifith"- other, ahd' beavier/-sheep';-,in <the- matter of avoirdupois should be sup-. ' •pressed. , ■■'.'•;"■'-,■-'.. - ' . ■■-/The .'old type "of large- white pig was a '•liberally.'.spotted''animal of huge dimen- . t ßions. Size'was; cultivated, and without .tit the breeder could not, win ih'the showjard. In thesis ;days we look lor quality, - jpurity of skin, '■'and freedom from. wrinkles. Size is.-still a" point, but it is . : .not "developed:'.to the extent that coarse- - ..ne.ss is tolerated;! We look for/length, aiid •depth andriightries's of shoulders,- as well ;as freedom from." loaded jowl, v The hackney has'undergone vicissitudes ' of type which .imply'the deep and perimanent influence'of fashion. , Probably ho domestic breed hds'been more' subject to the influence ;6f tho.Vficklc jade" than this. ;' First: frpni ■!• the Norfolk cobby type was-develbpedithe;i"orbihir,e type through blood influence. To-day we "are getting . away.■from.,the,ride qnd drive'horse', so ..that harness "is-.the ; one. purpose for :.which the hackney is bred. It. may'or . may ."not be ah advantage, this limitation of the market,: but: it is the harness horse that breeders are trying to produce. In;the Ee<l -Poll we have more than ;'-.' one clans' of'animal. iWe have the .milk yielder, which/ior,convenience, is gencr--ally called the Suffolk type;, The Norfolk Eqll is for feeding, purposes ■mainly. Perhaps, too, the land can carry a bigger bujlock! ■ At. all ■events, the. Red Poll is,'like the Shorthorn, adaptable for two ..purposes, but;.-like, the cosmopolitan .breed,-it is liable, to have beef and-milk estranged,.'i.e.,'in'different types. . • The Lincoln-sheep is one of the few breeds that has'- really only one type. . Without size and substance the Home breeder " would-have little claim upon the ■ support of, the Argciitine. They can breed sheep with "fine quality of wool there, but they lose the weight of bone. Home breeders are united upon the'importance of maintaining the stature and substance, but it is not always ah' easy matter to secure quality of fleece without too much; strength.

Discussing;the dairy workers' demands Hie other day an up-country factory director said:—"lf we have trouble about anything at the factory,'who do you think we haTo.to go and talk it over with?—a jeweller down' in.-'Pnlmerston North! 1 suppose the, men,'don't care to take up the work th'einseivesi'hut it's real' riling sometimes to have to .go down to town 'ind talk about,. the: way you '. run. your factory with a jeweller."