Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-05-26
From the New Eagtand Farmer.
SPAYED COWS.

Mr. F,ssendelt--Snme years since, passed
A., ,,umer nj Natchcz, aud put up NJ the Hotel
,heo kent by Mr.. Tho Has Ninn.-D rlng the
,,me that was there, noticed two remarka-
bio fac cows winch sere kent constantly in
M. stablf. The servant WHO had charge OF tue
horses. freline them regularly, tree times
a day, vita green Guinea grass, cut with
sickle.
Tnosa cows had so often sttraGte my at
,ention, on account al the great beauty OF fheir
f,rm aud deep red color, he large s,z' Of Their
,ag. and he nigh condition Ia which they
we're mt. thai, grs AT tengih Induced n ask
Mr.. Vim. 10 VIVA. breed OF cattle they be-
looged s. hi reasons Tor keeping them constanlly
in Ia :. aole in preference 10 allow them tofun
in the pasture, where they could ENJOY The beh-
ar nj air and exercise, and nj the sane time
cron, b.,r own food and thereby save The
labor and trouble of feeding them Mr.
Wun in E, ply 20 III SIS inquiries, stated that
the Two cows which so much admired, were
of the common stock of the country, ana he
believed o, Spanish origin--but that they were
boih ,ooted cous aud tnar they had given milk
e;ther two or three years. considering this
a uhsnomenop If not in nature, N least in art)
made further inquiries OF Mr. VIM, who po-
Ii,elv entered into a very interesting detail,
communicating facts, which were as eI,r"or-
diuarv. rs they were novel 10 me-, and sup
pos,pe that they will p, owe equally as inter
estjus 10 your numerous agricultural readers,
as ,hev we're 10 me, am induced, at the re-
cues, of friend, 10 offer thlm Tor pnbl'ca-
ten ia your very valuable Journal, IN the
hope, tina, some of the far ners VINO supply
our large towns with mix, w'li deem tbem
OF suffrieat Importance, make experiments
for the purpose OF asceriaining wnether me re-
suits which they may obtain, will corroborate
the facts stated by Mr.. VIM, and which,
should ,hey be fully confirmed. nay lead 10
great and important benefi S, no. only to far
'ners, but TO tayernkeepers aud other iuha' l.
itants Of cities and villages. who now Keep
cows, in order that they may be sure OF
a constant supply OF pure and unauthorized
milk.
Mr. VIM. BY way Of preface, observed,
that he had in former years been IN the habi'
Of readiug the English Magazines which
contained accounts OF the ploughlng ma.cnes
which were annually held 10 some OF me
Southern Counties Of England, performed oy
cattle, aud that he had noticed mat Tue prizes
we've general, adjudged to the plough men
who worked with spayed heye's--anu ai'noug !
there was no c0nhexlon between lna' s''9 =
and the facts which he should state. 1t was
nevertheless the cause wha :h FIRST directed his
mind into that train of thought and reason
ing, " hich finally induced him to make the
experiments which resulted in the discovery OF
the facts which he detailed and vhich.i WI
narrate as accurately as my memory VIII ena
BILE me 10 do il, alter the lapse OF more 'ha'
twenty years.
Mr.. WINS frequent reflections, had (h'
sadly led him 10 tie belief that " eows Wer.
spayed soon offer calling and a9hife IN a ~
Gow Of n.ilk i.ey ,ooutd soRtia1s TO gtve maj
for many gears, acithoui H1srnsSsoH, or az