RESULTS' OF CROSSING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3569, 5 September 1905, Page 4

RESULTS' OF CROSSING.

Th* tJ»e of ScrmSiH tie u Foundation Btaa Betarflcfl Froyrcca Wher* ’. cret It id*;* iic-va ’lvlf:. Aay farmer who wi." and begin v/iiL then _„...ulation for improvement wifi h.ic a •by so doing, a a he. ■ ■■ 'sirl* (, 7 |-S'£ K of pure breeds ai snc.i . ..mb n 0.;.;, tiia-, n will be really extravagant to rtdain Hie ntCruba. More olfort bo.-? been, made in improving scrub La....- Tiiu. -.viik large Stock, but aothiog o-i importance lias been gaibed thereby v ix Hu. contrary, ihe use of scrubs as a iomiuuiiou Las retarded prepress. ')V<? tar mere first get rid of ■ the that crossing breeds is an advantage. If they should judd y -• y cross, knowing what they arc uning, I; -:y mi gin. probably accomplish V.oih.n king, but as it is they do mo. c Jiorm h, '-muing than is expected. For m- j, let the farms have two hi a,... ■ ; ■ u flocks ami Hamburg’s, h. mis an excellent market d ■■■' i. . '-p m iheaverage 'as laye •'-', I-.- ;.napted to nearly all i ■ ' <■■■■>■ Hum burgs will lay mete . ... I'iyuiout'fi Books (mostly m ,:y . :a‘"c), but are ■mall and r.ol hard;.' .11. winter. Now, if we can teed 0. productive capacity of th , ; 1 , . ..1... vuehardiness of the i'iy, , u lii? farmer considers ft.a be ..aw a superb cross. fie cv... , ..;to;i (0 consider that the breede., have crossed in every possible manner to g; c the same results, and that tie.-, pur:.- hit. ds are thejnselves crosses that hc-v f'xe.d in characteristics; me d . . mi .aw consider that 50 farmers in every JOO have done just what he is"about to do. .So he makes his cross, and g; ■; birds that do not lay ns well as 11 ■ n.imburgs, are not equal to the I’lyi -mil docks in any respect, will not <■ n::■ -re .awero winters, and :• r« fr o': c-dors am! sizes. Then 1 c ccm a,-, lie 1 no careful note Of .lie cu,:;?. m. el.; iho birds'because they huw- I - o.uc sc.mbs. his interest in pure hr t,, has passed, and he is on' the dev. a de (i> ruin, so far as keep!ng • e.dr, idee :he best results is concer d. -I 1: ..ml -'ire,side.