Fw: [Jacob-list] Modern Jacobs

[Thomas Simmons]

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From: Thomas Simmons <creagchild at monad.net>
To: linda <wolfpen at rabun.net>
Date: Friday, December 08, 2000 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Modern Jacobs


Linda- 
 
I was simply giving examples of what has happened to "some" breeds.  The standardm thanksgiving-breed turkey is no longer able to mate, period.  Of course, there are other breeds that DO mate, many of them rare (Bourben red, for instance). The danger I alluded to is when you standardize a breed for the purposes of producing such a commercial stock animal that you lose other attributes in the process.  I did not mean that *no* turkeys can breed. I stand by my assertion that the standard Giant White can *not* breed by itself.
 
As for horses, I am only quoting my neighbor -who raises american quarterhorses-has told me about the pitfalls of over-standarization.
 
thom
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