Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1914 — Tendency to Degenerate. [ARTICLE]

Tendency to Degenerate.

In all pure breeds the original "scrub" blood It the foundation is •rar seeking to reinstate itself. In Short, there Is a tendency in all purebred animals to degenerate or retrogross toward original and less perfect types, and nothing will mere surely and speedily stimulate this tendency than lack of nutritious food. In the absence of sufficient nutrition, the possibilities of perfection Inherited from pure-bred sires or dams but partially materialize or wboffiy fail to assert themselves*— Wisconsin Bxporlment Stolon.