Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-05-26


utgfee thsi they are ajsaaeed beyond this line
| OF proportion. we find them less active, le..
| s'tonS ~ periccuos, md always less able 10 en-
lure hardship or fatigue. We fad all great
horses tire sooner than miidling sized ones
.ney are slower IN motion, they are more sub
Jeet 10 disorders, aud consequently wear sooner
out.
In neat cattle or sheep, we, in general, dad
ihai tue largest are the teulerest, and most LA
hle 10 complaints that they require nure and
nicer isfe, are slower In feeding. and worse
, butchers meat when led aud they stand
wnters, or inclemeat seasons, much worse
than the well proporioned ones iherefare
It's these ,OeH proportional, handsome animals
maj we " ouid recommend 10 the attennon OF
tue breeders IL Choose both males aud lemnf es
IRON II possible, or as near 10 them as may
De. II perhaps, has been owing 10 the idea d {
iargencss, or the with 10 breed TIA, biggest in
the different kinds OF domestic animals, that
has SO long prevented our breeders from se-
letting aud distinguishing tho mos, valuable
kihds Tor, so universal Was this idea, and 81
much were wv bl,nded by H. that we did not
perceive which were the most valuable animals
OF each kind. We had no conceptions OF any
animal being valuable or good that was not
gren. We cOad not separate those two IDEAS
oi god and great. We did not atead to that
symmetry aud proportion. which 80 ossea-
tally Characterize the valuable kinds OF each
speces, aud which seldom, ever, Tail OF be-
ing the hardest aud The best thrvers. la short
II WIS lett To this age II make th 'se nicer dis
tinct'oa-, which Constitute the able breeder aud
DISCERNING Judge aud the more those disine-
tons are attended 10 aud ezamtneJ tho more
they will be pursued IN consp luenca oil
which improved notions, our breeders must INV
necessarily follow lhose kiads that are most
valuable.
Much has been said of late years about short
legged stock being The best, particularly neat
cattle aud sheep nothing would g down
once bUt short legs. That little short legged
d*ariish breed Of sheep so much, (thuugh ua-
desel yedly) run upon few years ago are We.
~ properly called by considerable breeder.
an hcqaa'n'ance Of mine, the genilenao's
sheep, for though 10 those who are not judges,
they have pretty enough appearance, yet
VIII not bear examining by an atte.iyc aud
able iadge---i mean him Who judges by his hn.
gers as well es eyes ! IA method which is Out OF
tue gentleman's linz.
wish, however,to caution breeders against
The Other extreme. | would have them recol-
lee' the old pruverb ihal all eAt,emes n,e
wrong Attentive breeders of hi, day, have,
appiehehd, made some ssns BIZ distinctions
with regard TO animals fed aud slaughtered
for the use OF mankind between what they
call essentials and nou- assenias They gave
The former lille to the back aud sides Ia par
licular, as well as tho whole proportion of tine
carcass, always taking IN tho incna ion 10
make tat he non-essen ials a'e the legs, enrs,
horas, iill, &c. and wool AMI hides for
thou these are valuable in themselves, yet
they are more to be dispensed with That is
their form, size and proportions are oil less
con5eq hence than the back, sides, NC. Good
carcasses are united with thick or thin hides,
und"r long, short, coarse or fne WOO, With
long, shorl, thick or thIn horns, or ears, &c.
| but 20 good carcass ever exist ed without tn
back broad, and sides round, and due propo,-
ton and symmetry. Bat the parts termed
n bn-essentihls are not 10 be quite dis eg ardcd
for though they ar not property essential. yet
they az very often strong marks OF indications
Of good or bad ihriveIs, &c. as for instance n
| thick hide seldom covers quick feeding car
case, or heavy Il 'e1e ready feeding OF
fine grained carcass OF mutton. Again, fine,
small & straight bones in tn legs, & thin hide,
and pel's are almost certain signs of kindly
breed, and fne-grained beef or mutton, Nc.
! Thus we fad the thick peIts, and heavy wool
| in Lincolnshire cover the coarsest grained
mutton we know of WHALE n variation OF the
same breed ~ Leicestefshire, highly impio-
We'd, having considerably less wool, aud very
thin pel's, are quicker feeders aud their NUT
! ton Is AS iide grained and sweet IA mountain
| sheep.