Thomas's Massachusetts spy, or, Worcester gazette. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1811-1821, 1821-05-09

Cd OF improving the breed of cattle is by ina-
Porting such stock from Europe as possess the
points to which we wish to direct our atten%
ton.
The diffusion of the Mefino and New-Leil
cesteT breed of sheep, sets us Al ease respect
| ing those inestimable animals 1t is to the IN
crease OF beef and milk, THAT the spirited inn
proven should chiefly attend and, fortunatelys
a breed combining both objects is easily at
tainable by the importation Of the snspyored
shOrt-hOraed cattle from England race
which, owing to the persevering industry and
intelligence of the breeders in the north o..
England, has reached to as much perfection as
can be conceived or desired. Some of th;s
valuable stock are already In the United
States. Mr.. Williams, of Marlborough. Mas
sachusetts, has noble specimen of it. and
several of his descendants are in the vicinity
of Philadelphia, in the possession Of a GENTLE
man animated with the true spirit of improve.
ment, and who formed bis Judgment on this
subject from an attentive examination of the
best specimens of the stock in England. and
comparing them with other breeds. Two ar
rived in Philadelphia about three years since. On
theirway to Kentucky, where they brought che
thousand dollars apiece at puBlick auction
son of the famous Comet, which sold for
one thousand guineas, at Che sale of Mr.. COL
ling's cattle; in England, is at New Brunswick.
New-Jersey ; but if every County in everv
State had pair of them, the nation could NOT
be soon oyerstocked. An inspection of the an
inals alluded to, would convince any one ac-
quainted with the good points of stock. how
far the short-horned breed is superiour to all
others hitherto introduced into the United
States, in the great objects of size and form
But as il is in the power of few to enioy such
gratifying sights, some particulars shall be Civ
| en- to show the grounds upon which on. praises
| are bestowed. Mr.. Charles Champion. Of
| Blyth, near Bawtry, Nottinghamshire, England.
writes to me as follows -
6 You mention the weights of several oxen
/ which have been slaughtered in America, but
| as you have not mentioned their ages. i sup
| pose they must have been six or seven years
old x their weights were certainly great but
| in England we do not consider these overgrowu
animals the most profitable. Our lands are
generally sohighly rented, and the poor rates
and taxes SO exceedingly burdensome TO The
farmers as to call forth theft best exertions and
it becomes his interest to select that breed of
cattle which will make the quickest and most
| profitable return for the food they consume
| FOR these objects no breed is so eminentlv dis
tlnguished as the ineprored short-horns-theif
early maturity being fact now so well estab-
lished, that they are spreading in every direc.
ton, both in England and Ireland. Ithas beeI
my practice for some years to feed nv steera.
and sell them to the butcher from two ,,p ia
three years old, when they generally ayerags
20 stone Of IA lbs. $3.50 lbs.) with 10 stones
Gao lhs.) of loose tallow! | sold a steer bJ
Elyth Comet, in May, 1877, at Blyth Fair. for
t56, weighing ~ stones (1008 lbs) and he
was only % months old: At Fay sale the 9TH
e7 day, Ian. 90, 1927 sold steer to Mr..
| Tvhi cvahxr kxro \ 49,
old, and would weigh, if killed, 1O5 stones
| 147O lbs.) This steer is by Blyth Comet. n
November, 1912, my turnips having failed. 7
sold ten young steers, all of my own breeding.
to my brother, who fed them in an open ward,
without shed to go under, upon Swedish
turmps and straw, without any other food. er-
cept small quantity of clover hay once dav
for about month before he sold them. The
price | obtained for the steers in Noyember
was Eli each, being at the time full marlrat
price; and my brother sold them for f39 10,i
each, leaving f22 los. each for Eve montbss
keeping"
MIR. Champion has presented to the Phils.
| delphia Society for promoting Agriculture !,
finely engraved portrait of Steer raised hv
him, from painting he had taken few dave
before it left Blyth for London. This print u
hung up IN the room of the Society, and cam
not tail to draw forth expressions of admiration,
from every judge of cattle. The WEIGHT ~
the four quarters, as set down on the corner az
the print, was 178 stones, which. at 8 lbs. to
the London stone, make 1424 lbs. TIE tallovv
weighed 1919 lbs. A bull three wears and txv,,
months old, of the same breed, 1.-THE short-horn..
ed) but from different stock, weighed alive
100 stones, (2240 lbs.) and his four ouarterrs
were laid at 1910 lbs. Six steers. tbroa
years and six months old, weighed. the fo,,r
quarters, "a stones each, (1316 lbs.l Their
tallow weighed from to 10 stones each. (1o6--...
l4o lbs) These cattle belonged to Mr.. John
! Nicholson, of Giptoh, near Leeds. Yorlxsh;rsT
What weights would such stock reach had
they the advantages of Indian corn
| When the intelligent American erazier cal
culates the difference between the profit Of
| feeding an animal, which, say at three wears
old, Will reach these weights of flesh and fat.
and reflects on the loss commonly sustained hts
I ieedlng another, six or eight years. cd. for :
much longer period, in order to make him o.
| quail in weight, he cannot for moment hest
tate to make up his mind on the SUPERIOR adj
vantage to be derived from the short-horned
! breed.
The importation Of pair of them is there
| fore urgently suggested to the spirited Ameri-
can grazier The expense win soon be re-
paid for the reputation of the breed which
will precede their arrival and much more. the
sight OF the animal, viii create an anxiety -
our farmers, who are quick in discerning souyces
OF proh'anle investment, to possess themselves