FARMING NOTES.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 6, 22 January 1915, Page 4

FARMING NOTES.

"Inheritance of Colour in Horses' is the title of a pamphlet received fron. the Kentucky Experiment Station by, Mr W. S. Andersoo, who says:—"This study gives the laws by which colours in horses are inherited. Grey colour is dominant to bay, black and chestnut, but nas the next greatest strength to that of grey, while chestnut is the weakest of all, or is recessive to all colours. Black behaves as a recessive to bay and grey, just as bay behaves as a recessive to grey. Except in exceptional cases, horse colours do not bltnd, but behave as unit characters. The recessiye colours like chestnut and black may be submerged for generations, and then reappear. When a strong dominant like grey disappears it cannot again be obtained without going back to it. Sex has nothing to do with the transmission of colour. That sex controls the colour which in the particular mating possesses the dominant colour. A well bred sire cannot control the colour of his offspring if he is bred to mares whose colour is dominant to his. We consider the solution ot colour inheritance merely as the entering wedge in the scientific discovery of horse breeding. It will at least indicate the means and methods by which the laws govern - ing the inheritance of more valuable qualities can be discovered."