Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-10-29
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a matter ot great importance anon. taflnel't
but the value OF winch seems not to be duly ap-
pfeclatcd, - the growing OF the best breeds and
sarictic, Of live stock, IN indie ed OF every ting
cl,r in order 10 receive the best return for their
Labor and investment An animal of the very
beat breed and quality, whether horse. COW, sheep
OF me- viii, IT II true cost you more Than onr OF
inferior qualil, and blood, perhaps ICE, perhaps
FIVE times much And what then VIII, then all
the difficulty /, and they become continual
source OF revenue To YOU ever after.
The raising ol an inferior colt, or cali. @, lamb
OF pig give, YOU about the same labor and expense
of,hc br,, blood and quality bur mark the
contrast when you offer them for sale.
lout common colt, AT, say three years old, may
bring you from ihlrty to forty dollars, while your
bfoodtd colt, Al the same are, will readily COM
nhnd seventy tive 10 one hundred dollars. YOU
nnyiy calf at say .is months old, will bring you
two, three, -four dollars. while Tor your fine Dur
lam calf, OF other improved bccd> you may
command thirty, fifty, or trvnt, five toll4r,,s and
50 OF the rest
In view OF the Importance Of this thing ,e the
agricultural interests of tins section of country We
would suggest 10 our spirited yonus agricultural
society, the prophet, OF raising funds by sub,crp-
ton, for tn purpose OF procuring aud INTRODUCING
among us some OF the better varieties Of dome,t sic
ANIMALS especially cattle. These can BIZ had. Of
the most improved breeds aud OF pure blood, in
several places in kentucky and Ohio, within such
distances as To render the expense OF bringing them
here con>dcnble--espccially when compared
with that oil bringing them from Europe, which has
been done by tntcrpslng agricul,urists of our
country, and have thus brought them within our
more convenient reach. We are satisfied, that the
requisite sum- would readily be con,rbutcdby our
enttiprs,nu farmers and others, we're the pIopo-
,tion fairly brought, before them. We have heard
several persons express disposition to contribute
literally 10 such an object, and We know not how
small sum could he appended.
Note by the editor Of the Farmer and Gar
dcasr
\ gentleman from " Arlington aonnt, of this
state, informed lev DAYS since, that he sold
the present season bull calf 4 DAYS old, Of the
improved Durham Shol-horn breed, 10, 5000
rRGArMt>r OF HOGS, AND MODE or r,rrr>ISu
THEM.
Whatever may be thought of the late Mr. VII
hdm Cod6cH, as Il man OF politician, the character
of being good farmer, will be- conceded 10 him
by every one who may have read the productions
of his hcrcucan mind on the subcc of hu,bandry
and believing from his success in raising hogs that
hIs views on that particular branch would no, be
nnrncrcsting, wceAtlact the following from his
chapter on hogS:
II /. seldom that the hogs come To a proper age
before they arc killed. \ hog has mol got III,
Growth I'LL he /, full firo years old. But, who will
OF can, have the patience 10 sec a hog eating Long
f'iand str'H Tor two ,csr>' When a hoe j, onl,
ID or IT. month, old, he will lay on two pound, OF
tat ior every one pound that will, out of the same
quantity OF food, hc lad ON Nv an eight or ter
months pc. Is II not thus with every ANNA.
\ stout boy ill he lihr herring upon the ,cr,
t,,,l H., s,,,,ll t,,l,., 4,
However, this fact is too notorious to be insisted
on.
lhcn, the Young mutton is not so nutritious n,
tho old Steer beef is not so good as OK beef
Dung whether mutton bears the same proportion
IN incrIority To old wchsr mutton. And ul,a
reason Is there, that the prlncp pie should not hold
good aN to hog-mcai' In Wcsiphalia, where the
fine hams are made, the hogs are never Killed I'M
der THREE years o6. In France, where saw tho
latest pork ever Jaw, they Keep their fatting
hogs TO the same age. In France and Germany,
the people do not eat the hog a, hog they use
the hogto PIT tat INTO otdcr sorts Of meat They
MAKE holes in beet, mutton, veal turkeys and fowls
and with tin tube, draw in bits of fat hog which
they call lard, and it is all fat hence comes !,
mat we call the n>ld. fat OF hog, lard Their
nrri ana mutton and veal would be- very poor stuff
without tie and ct the hog; bur, viii, that aid they
, make them all cNcecdlngy GOOD. Hence itis tina,
they are induced to keep their hors till they
have quite done sro'cins, and though their sort
oihogs IS the rcry worst | ever saw, their hog
meat was The rery fdttta. The common
weight in Normandyand Brittany is from sir 10
eight hundred pounds But, the poor fellows
there do not slaughter away the farmers do here
ten or dozen hogs at a time, so tina, the sight
makes one wonder whence are TO come the mouth,
TO eat the meat. In France au lard is thing to
smell to, not to ear. like the eating far better
than the semclling system hu, when we arc tel
, ing about farming for gam wc ought to inquire
, now any given weight OF meat can DO obtained a,
tn" theopr1 rate. A hog in his third year. would
on the American plan, suck halfa dairy of Cows,
!, perhaps but, ,hen mind. he would, upon third
part Of the fnttening food, weigh down four Long.
; Island Ahoofs," the average weight Of which is
: one h"sdred and fifty pounds