American Breeders Magazine, Volume 3The Association, 1912 - Breeding |
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Page 241 - is the science which deals with all influences that improve the inborn qualities of a race; also with those that develop them to the utmost advantage.
Page 24 - ... who are found to be and are certified by the examining surgeon as being mentally or physically defective, such mental or physical defect being of a nature which may affect the ability of such alien to earn a living...
Page 241 - the study of agencies under social control that may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations, either physically or mentally.
Page 248 - She developed into a woman of great beauty, of tall and commanding appearance, striking carriage, of strong will, extreme intellectual vigor, of mental grasp akin to rapacity, attracting by not a few magnetic traits, but repelling when she evinced an extraordinary deficiency of moral sense On November 19, 1667, she married Richard Edwards of Hartford, Connecticut, a lawyer of high repute and great erudition. Like his wife he was very tall and as they both walked the Hartford streets their appearance...
Page 245 - After this, charitably disposed people tried to do what they could for her, giving her a home for herself and her child in return for the work which she could do. However, she soon appeared in the same condition. An effort was...
Page 246 - ... and sisters. These are all married and have children. The older of the two sisters had a child by her own father, when she was thirteen years old. The child died at about six years of age. This woman has since married. The two brothers have each at least one child of whose mental condition nothing; is known. The other sister married a feeble-minded man and had three children. Two of these are feeble-minded and the other died in infancy. There were six other brothers and sisters that died in infancy.
Page 25 - The need is indeed imperative for applying eugenic principles in much of our legislation. But the greatest, the most logical, the most effective step that we can take is to begin with the proper eugenic selection of the incoming alien millions. Let us see to it that we are protected, not merely from the burden of supporting alien defectives, but from that "watering of the nation's life-blood" which results from their reproducing their kind after admission.
Page 76 - REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOR THE YEAR 1910.
Page 67 - ... of the entire hay crop of the country is timothy. If this is true, the timothy crop of the United States in 1910 had a valuation of over $249,000,000. In the two years during which tests have been made, the 17 new sorts gave an average increased yield of slightly over 36t per cent above ordinary timothy.
Page 156 - ... from a prepossessing tree only to find later that he and his customers had been deceived. 7th. Heritable variations can be told only by growing the parts bearing them — by studying the offspring, not the ancestor ; by (looking forward, not backward. This is impossible in the nursery. In conclusion, the burden of proof is upon those who advocate pedigreed trees, for the present practices of propagating fruit plants are justified by the precedents of centuries. Experimenters in this field encourage...