Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-02-08
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From li.e raleigh IN. c. Register.


Prom tic Raleigh IN. O. Register.
.fgricuHure.-We congratulate our
readers OH t.e passage OF an act at The
present session. which, we trust, will do
much fer the Improvement of Aplicu-
tnre his state. The act approprIates
5000 dollars year, for two years, to be
dvl4ed among the several counties in
number, but to be given to such only as
form Agricultural Societies. To al! such
counties IS 10 be given sum equal
to that which the members OF their socl-
ciety raise among themselves, provided
ii do not exceed the sum to which then
federal numbers entitle them.
TIE State Soeieiy is to be continued
at Raleigh, and to be considered the pa
rent OF the whole, to winch the sum Of
one thousand dollars is appropriated
for the purpose OF deiraying the expen-
ses OF procuring rare seeds, printing an
nualiy Repor; of the Society, embra-
cling view OF all Improvements, &c.
We shall take an early opportunity Of
laying the act itself before oar readers.
On the comparative merits IF the i'm
proved Short Horns aad Hcyef3rd
Cutie.
Eorsford Hall, near Leeds,
Sept. %, 1922, 5
SIR,
HAVE for long time bad an anxious
wish o examine The question which has
so much occn ped IN, and, Of agricul-
tuna ISIS Wdether The Preference is 10
be gipen TO The best Hereford Cate or
TO TIE Imhroued Short. Horns?
For tails purpose, | las 'ear made
tour into the north part Of England. and
am Just now returned from similar
journey OF five hpndred miles through
Ii erefusdshlrc and The adjoining couh-
ties. Nothing shor; of personal ex-
animation OF the animals in heir rcspsc
tive districts, aud in their natural statc.
could give me the means Of forming an
opinion satisfactory 10 myself: whether
II may be satisfactory to your readers
may, perhaps be doubted; but il give
it with ilnparality, il will, hope, re-
ceive candid attention, aud not TO be
commenced upon with too great seveIi-
ty.
The animals designated by the title,
Imhroued msrt- Horns are lew in mum
Der, and they are widely diffusod, as they
have obtained high prices, and have
been carried into various places to or
nament many stocks. They have SOL,
silky, and nossy hair, and are very rich
and mellow handlers; handsome ana
gay IN color; elegant in shape, large
frame Oh very short and small bone
level and complete in all their points,
and take OH fat rapidly. They give
moderate quantity of milk, and do mol
propagate freely; they attain maturity
at very early period o. life, and on
this accounl, as well as from the extreme
laziness of their dispositions, they are
quite unfit for any labor.
The Herelords are more equal as
class than the improved ort-Horns.
Their ohal is equally fine, many of them
handle well, and have a very good quail
ty of meat. They give very little milk,
but breed well, and are hardy and
healthy. Their color is not attractive,
their dispositions arc much less placid,
their skins thicker and more ,erse; they,
therefore, take on fat less freely, espe-
cially at an early age. They do not
attain SO grea, a stature in the same
number of months, and have never al
any period, but particularly in youth,
that perfect symmetry which distin-
gulshes the Short-horns. Their hind
quarters are very frequently coarse and
short; their Pumps low, their heads
fcsby and heavy, and their breasts scan
ey and defective; but their shoulders
are almost uniformly fine; their neck
veins full, their tanks in some few in
stances good, and their twists generally
excellent. | found vast number with
flat sides, very few with wide hips, and
the hair OF almost all was very short and
harsh.
These, Sir, appear to me, upon a
careful examination, to be the distinc-
tons between the two rival breeds. /
need scarcely add that l think there is a
decided superiority in the Short-horns.
Ihave every reason to believe that on
the same food, and in the same relative
circumstances, the Short-horns would
be as good at two years old, as the
Herefords are at three. If, however,
Ahalf dozen of each were committed to
we care otthe same person, and brought
~ precisely in the same manner, the