Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-15

With such the butcher seldom is deceived,
while loose handlers give no assurance Of
killing well.
Its proper, in Judging Of the weight ola
fat OK, to view his gait while walking tow
ards You. which will, if the OK has been
well fed, be accompanied with heavy roll
ing tread on the ground. In this way a
Judge can at once come very near to ITS
light.
The application of these rules and con.
sidcrations TO the Judging of lean stock,
constitutes the chief difficulty to the Judge.
An OK in high condition, in so far as its con-
dition alone is under consideration, can be
judged of as we have seen, by any ono; and
sometimes the fatncss may be so great as
obviously to dcforn the symmetry to any
observer.
The superiority Of a Judge to others, in
these cases, consists in estimating the weight,
observing the purity of the blood, and vaIu-
ing the points of the animal.
But in Judging of a lean OK, its future
condition and symmetry must be toreseen.
The rules which | have attempted to de-
scribe, will, if studied practically, enable an
cnquiring observer to toresec these points;
and i'll Judging between number Of valua.
bic points, it should be remembered, the
purity of breeding will always insure apti.
tude to fattcn, which, in its turn, will insure
the largest remuneration for the food con-
sumcd.
Sheep, both lat and lean, may be Judged
of by nearly the same rules. The purity
of breeding will be seen in the large, full,
prominent eyes, the clean, thin bone Of the
head and legs, and the large, thin, prickcd-up
cars, set on each side of the top of the
head, and in short, thick, smooth, clear hair
of the face and legs.
The section of the form Of the fat sheep
is even more mathcnatically like parallel
oeram than that of the fat OK. The touch
of the skin is also the sumo in kind, and is
as sure an indication of the disposition to
fattcn as in the OK. In regard that wool
varies so greatly the many breeds sheep,
| can only make this general remark on the
fleece best suited to every breed, namely, the
whole body should be well covered with hair.
A large covering of wool, not only protects
them against the inclcmcncies ofthc weather,
and the GOODNESS and dampncss ofthe ground,
but it supplies large fleece to be disposed
of to the wool buyer. One deviation from
the rules of Judging cattle, must be made
while Judging sheep, to which have already
alluded, namely, while the neck Of the OK
should be thin, that of the sheep should be
thick; because thin nccked sheep is found
to possess a weak spine, and is generally u
bad feeder. \ thin neck has the same cE-
feet on sheep that a small tail has on cattle.
AS in cattle, dropping neck in sheep indl-
Gates aweak constitution, arising from breed
ing in and in.
Some ofthc rules for cattle and sheep arc
applicable to swine. Swine should have
broad straight backs, round ribs, thin hair,
; thick skin, small tails, short and fine muscles.
pricked ears, small and fine bones, and round
and well turned shoulders and hams.
In conclusion, it is obvious that the rules
for judging live stock arc not founded upon
arbitrary assumptions. Had no natural
means of Judging existed, man could no
doubt have con:riycd rules to suit his own
convenience; and in such case, he would
probably have chosen such as he could have
most easily applied but unless they could
be applied to groring us well the mature con-
dtion Of animals, they would be oflittlc val
NC.
But VIC have seen that natural means Of
Judging do exist, and although they cannot
be easily understood without much obscrva.
ton and practice, yet, by practice, they can
be acquired, and easily applied to the cxis'
ting circumstances ofthe animal, whatever
these may be. Any person, it is true, can-
not at once perceive that their necessary
cndcncy is to lead to correct judgment.
Long and careful persona observation is re-
qusite to'convncc the mind ofthcir value in
that respect. Tuition, without practical OBJ
scrvation, cannot ofitself do it. 1t has been
the body ofnaturc in short, which enabled
men to establish these rules for his guidance;
and as all the operations ofnaturc arc rcgu.
lated by general laws, these rules must be
OF general application. 1t is clearly cs-
tablishcd by observation, as an uniform
principle of Judgment. that when an OK, in
growing state, presents certain degree of
purity of fbrccdIng, certain form of body
and a certain kind of handing Of its skin, a
certain result is undertaking exhibited in the
mature state from these given prcmonitory
symptoms. Should this result conduct to
the acquisition Of wealth, VIC are anxious
to possess the growing animal which exhib-
its such favorable points; and, on the other
hand, we are as anxious to avoid the pos.
session of that animal which exhibits unfa-
vorabIe points, unless alta very deprecated
value. Now, it has been asccrtaincd by
experience, that pure breeding, perfect FORM
IL Lao to..,oI, u,.l-o tLo hnst naafIlrC AMI.