Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-11-18
AGRICULTURAL

GtCtfUCt rum ~" SA""'so'
before the EsseH agricultural So
r;ety. in May last By the Hon. Tim I
othy Pickering.
In order to encourage the procuring
and propay A,hg Of improved breeds or
cattle, SHEEP and swine. the Trustees
Of the State Soriety Of Agriculture
have instituted au anual show of these
animals, and given premiams Tor those
deemed the best. l view 1t rs a VA
uahIe insiitution.---Bat with great
del.repec l would enquire, whether
giving rewards for the biggest and the
fattest is the best mode oil onta'n'nsI
the most valMab!e Lreeds. BakeweIi
the English celebrated breeder oil cat
tie, sheep and swine, exercised his
genius to produce such as were excel
liant in form. of sufficient size, Which
yielded the greatest quantity Of meat
on the most valuable joints, and would
grow and fatten on the smallest guam
titles of food. These circumstances
will, 1 conceive, merit the attention oil
the Society, should it hereafter have
the means Of bestowing premiums o.
this sort. In the fattenins Of cattle
and sheep, there as a point to be at
tanned q, which their flesh will be o.
the best quality. and most valuable to
the consumer. Is not all beyond this
waste of time and expense of their
keeping
The quality OF cows is highly inter
estiug 10 the farmer who makes but
ter and cheese. Some yield little 81
either, although giving much ml'h
And DR.. Anderson mentions an III
stauuc o. one COW from whose nilh
no butter could lie made. She Wa.
pscchaseJ Of Farmer who Kept .
large dsiry, by a PRISON who had Dt
other COW, and thus the discovery Wa
made. Thrown into the general mas
her milk had been useless, and hc'
Keeping dead loss to the Ear'hrr
Hente the doctor judiriousiy recon-
meuds the setting In separate pan
the milk Of every row, to ascertain IL
quality that surh AS give measr
milk may be, iattened aud seut TO til
slaughter house.--This experimen
viii assist i..c farmer in selecting III
COWS most proper to be the parent
OF his future stock. Cows which,
equal times, make fatter calves tina
others, may be presumehto give citie
milk OF greater quantities Of goo
quality; and The calves of such co"
may be raised with fair pr' spect
obtaining an improved breed.
had often seen descriptive mari
Of good COW; some appearing Ii
tiona!s others f.neiful.--l once askt
an observing cishbor, what mari
determined his choice. 81 look (sa
hc) to the bag--if that be large, an
the teats far apart, l am satisfied"
was struck with this answer. A cow
bag consists of four lobcs, or dugs.
II these are large. the entire bs
will be large and the tcats far ASH
der. After the famous Oakes go
had obtained the premium at the "a
tie Show Of 1916. 1 wen, purpose
to see her.----On approaching me-
enough, 1 hooked TO hcS bag, d teal
These were farther assun,!er tn
those Of any COW had ever seer
and her bag, Of course, Of an c
traordinary size. But her milk al
was uncom,nonIy rich. Mar. GA
not being farmer. had not rails
euy of them. Probably the IKE d
position to fatten (dcpenfing. dou
hess. as we'll IN the offspring as nm I
dams) has thrown into the hutcl'e
hands many fine calves and Ian
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