Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-10-04

| ty of requesting you to let US have you,
knowledge of them, as | think they are bred
in New Jersey also.
Many OF my friends, who own Durhams
and as yet value them very highly, consider
the Iuscans as TOO diminulive, and no,
good mixers; but Com. Jones speaks ol
the oxen as Of good size, and travelling in
i'aly 40 nils day and the COW as yield.
ing l3to l6 quarts Of milk. NV dairy. wo.
man tells me that my two heifers are much
better mixers than any Of my common
stock, and some Of those are very good,
and that The milk affords more cream.
| MY object is to cross the Tuscan on the
DGrham an1 lfius Increase the size Of the
former. and give thrlftness to the latter. |
would mention fact, whjch appears to M
to favor the stamina of the bull-lhat every
half bred calf, no matter what the color Of
the mother, is of, the same (cream) color,
which becomes darker as they get der,
most of them remaining Of the color ofthe
dee some becoming darker.
There'is great demand here for Durham
cattle, and the Devons are not much cnqui.
| red for. The few Of the latter that Col.
Hampton has, are valued highly by him,
| and attractmuch attention from their beauty
but the demand is for the breed that will
give 80 quarts of milk.
have writ en- you hurried account Of
he .Tuscans. 10 remind you of them, and
hope you will be able 10 give Us some nfor.
nation about them. lam satisfied for our
hot suns winter (shuck) treatment. that the
uscans will get along while others will
" fly to pieces" This being the case, they
certainly can be improved and it will be
better to have stock that we can improve,
in preference TO one that will degenerate.
Respectfully yours,
r. w. G1BBEs, NJ. D.
J. S. Skinner, Esq.
1t IS nearly seventeen years since we un.
deltook TO predict that these cattle, then
sold to Mr.. Middleton, would prove to be
valuable acquisition 10 the Southern States;
and now we have the satisfaction to read
from the highest authority,a confirmation
of our prophecy. We can add nothing to
what is said by DR.. GIbbes, but on turning
back to the 4lh volume of the American
Farmer, we have concluded TO repubsh
letter from the veteran Commodore Jones,
with commentaries, which may srrve T.
evince the zeal which existed at that time,
Tor lhe impor aion Of valuable animals from
abroad, and to furnish history of the im-'
portation of thrse Tuscany cattle, just now.
1t seems, beginning 10 be estimated as thry
deserve.
U. S. SHIP CONSTITUTION,
Gibraltar, 18th Sept. 1922.
DEAR SIR:
have received yours Of the 18th and
23d Of July, and am pleased at your deter.
minatirn respecting The Andalusian Horsr
and Marc not that it would have been the
iaaess3 s"srenahlo to me. to have carried
them to you, but from the belief, since the
examination | have made of this race Of
animals, that the best that could be had
here, would be but little valued in tho U.
States. did not see, from Cadiz to Seville,
horse, which, in our country, would bring
5000; nor mare which could be sold at
$50. We shall sail soon for Tunis, where
| will inform myself of lhe habits, &c. of
the broad tail sheep, and ifany are of finer
wool, will procure few. am very sorry
at not being able TO see the letter of Mr..
Jeff rson, which you refer to-tbe papers
which you so obIigingly sent me, have been
searched in vain, for it.
am informed that the best Jacks, any
where on the coast Of the Mediterranean,
are at the Island of Majorca, from whence
| intend to take Jack and Jenny to our
country. Should nothing occur to prevent
our going to Malta, will bring you, from
thence, Jenny, TO pair with your Jack. In
visiting the farms al M'norca, with Mr.. La.
DO, our consul, who has several of his own,
and bes,ows much attention to farming, |
saw two ex extraordinarily fine mules, and on
asking him If could see the Jack that was
their sire, he pointed to small Jenny that
was in the field with them, and assured ME
that they were in offspring other and the
horse in the adjoining lot slender formed
animal and not exceeding Is hands high.
He also SAID that all their best mules are from
The horse and jenny, and that they are moro
docile than those from the Jack. | am as
sured by those whose Information is most
to be trusted, that an arabian horse is not
10 be found this side Of Egypt, and the best
Barbs are to be had in Morocco, but the
price is from QUO TO $1,000, besides nigh
duty for expectation. have not seen any
ofthe Mahogany cattle, (g.) such as you
mention. The cattle that see in Spain, ap-
pear to be nothing superior to ours nor have
| seen any where on the Mediterranean,
any that appear better than those in AmerI'
ca except race of which cattle at Naples,
used for the draught. ! was informed. by
gentlemen, who, in supplying the govern
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