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

of spots of greater or smaller size, not
blended together. The color of the SKIN
on the nose and around the eyes is not def.
mite, but generally black or cream colored.
In other points. those two celebrated breeds
differ from one another more than in the
characters which have just described.
In the West Highland, Angus, and Gallo
way breeds, the color of the skin is mostly
black in the animals of the purcst blood, al
though red, dun and brindled colors are oc-
casionally to be seen among them.
The black color of the skin Of the nose
and around the eyes, is indicative of the
pure blood Of black cattle, but cream co.
lored nose may frequently be observed a.
nong the other colors of the skin.
twould perhaps be hazardous to assert,
in the case of the West Highlandcrs, that
the characters above given arc the onl ytruc
indications of the pure breed, for their ori-
gin cannot now be certainly determined but
the characters given will certainly apply to
the purity of the blood in the short-horn
and Ayrshire breeds.
The second point to be ascertained in an
OK is the form of its carcass. 1t is found,
the nearer the section of the carcass of a
fat OK taken longitudinally vertical, trans
vcrscy V vertical, and horizontally, approach
cs TO the figure of u parallelogram, the
greater quantity of flesh it will carry within
the same measurement.
THAT is, in palmer language, if the body be cut
into two equal parts, down through the back and
breast leaving hind quarter and fore quarter
together on each side or across the body scpa-
rating the hind quarters from the fore quarters
together; or horizontally, dividing the whole
body into upper and lower halves; then, the
nearer the cat surfaces approach the form of
"long square," the greater the quantity of flesh
will the OK carry in proportion to its size.]
That the carcass may fill up the parallel
ogra,n as well as its rounded form is capa-
bic of filling up right angled figure, it
should possess the following configuration.
The back should be straight from the top of
the shoulder to the tail. The tail should
fall perpendicularly from the line of the
back. The buttocks and twist should be
we'll filled out. The brisket should project
to Il line dropped from the middle Of the
neck. The belly should be straight longi.
tudinallv, and round laterally, and filled at
the fanks. The ribs should be round, and
should project horizontally, and at right an.
giles to the back. The hooks should be
wide and flat; and the rump, from the tail
TO the hooks, should also be flat and we'll
filled. The quarter, from the itch bone to
the hooks, should be long. The loin bones
should DO long. broad, and flat, and well fill.
cd; but the space betwivt the hooks and
the short ribs should be rather short, and
well archcd over with thickness of beef
between the hooks. A long hollow from
the hooks to the short-ribs, indicates weak
constitution, and an Indifferent thriver.-
From the loin to the shoulder blade should
be nearly of one breadth; and from thence
it should taper little to the front of the
shoulder. The neck vein should be well
filled forward, to complete the line from the
neck to the brskct. The covering on the
shoulder blade should be as full out as the
buttocks. The middle ribs should be we'll
filled, to complete the line from the shoul-
dcrs to the buttocks along the projection of
the outside of the ribs.
These constitute all the points which are
essential to u fat OK, and which it is the bu-
sincSs of the Judge to know, and by which
he must anticipate whether the lean one,
when fed, would realize.
The remaining points arc more applica-
bic in Judging of a lean than fat OK.
The first of the points in Judging Of u
lean OK, is the nature of the bone. y round
thick bone indicates both slow feeder, and
an inferior description of flesh. A flat bone,
when seen on side view, and narrow, when
viewed either from behind or before the an.
inal, indicates the opposite qualities Of a
round bone. The whole bones in the car.
cass should bear small proportion in bulk
and weight to the flesh, the bones being on
~ required as a weight to the flesh.
The texture Of the bone should be well
grained and hard. The bones of the head
should be fine and clean, and only curved
with skin and muscle, and not with Jumps OF
fat and flesh, which always give a heavy
headed appearance to an OK. The fore arm
and hooks should also be clean and full Of
muscle, to endure travelling. Large joints
Indicate bad feeders. The neck of an OK
should be contrary to that Of Il sheep: as
the stall of tho neck Of the OK has no effect
on the strength of the spine.
\ full, clear, and prominent eye is anoth-
cr point to be considered; because it is a
nice indication of good breeding. 1t is al
ways attendant on fine bone. The express
sion of the eye is an excellent index Of ma.
ny properties in the OK. \ dull heavy eye
certainly indicates slow feeder. \ rolling
eve, showing much white, is expressive of