Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-07-12

fMr. H,ll.) and VIC had proof of The accura-
CIV Of the observation, when We haa inc
pleasure ni locking over the western Iie'o,
that after using him six years, very lew OF
his stock have inherited this impcriectlon.
Lord Al,horp's bull FIr6y evinces this re-
oulsi.e in proper degree. He has also
but. indeed, it is only part Of the other, for
without il good masculine character cannot
exst-an excellent loin. This is point
in which many short horns are rather defec-
tive, and it is one orinhui.o Importance
Add TO this, that if, in many instances, the
length OF the carcass were abated, as well
US that of the legs, harder ANIMAL win
equal size and on q more profitable scale,
would be produced. The facilities for
making this improvement are sufficiently
numerous, the short horns being now more
peneralIy difused. That wider diffusion
also .nuItip,ics the means Of selecting for
milk: a quality which should not be lost
sight of: for it is the combination Of prrfrc-
,ions which has conferred, and will perpetu.
ate, the superiority ofthis breed o. cattle.
The colors Of the improved short horns
are red or white, or mixture Of the two,
combining in endless variety, and produ.
cling, very frequently brilliant effect. The
white. i. is very probable they obtained from
an early cross with the wild breed; and
whenever this color shows itself, it is ac-
companied, more or less. with q red tinge
on the extremity Of the ear; distinctive
character, also OF The wild cattle. No pure
improued short horns are found OF any col
ors but those above named. There IS a
large coarse S! ort horn, prevailing pariIcu'
lariy in Lincolnshire, densninaled IN the
quotations of,he Smithfeld markets "Lln'
colus," and generally sold at prices below
those of any other cattle. These are fre.
quen,ly black, black ant white, blue and
dun; but they have no further affinity with
the improved short horns than as tho latter
have been referred to for their improvement,
which has been accomplished to consider.
able degree. A similar description oflarge,
coarse short horns, Of these Objectionable
colors-for they genarally accompany a
bad quality Of lesh-prevails in some ofthe
midland counties. They are great con-
sumers Of food, guty, and particularly low
and bad in the lons, with excessively heavy
shoulder blades. The owners of this stock,
however, are crossing with the improved
breed; but the dairy farmers Of Gloucester.
shire are so much al We to tie superiority
Of The short horns, that they lay hold with
avldity Of any thing which approaches them
in color, or is called by the name. Indeed,
should this breed continue 10 obtain the re.
quisltc attention, 10 maintain in is present
excellence, it is not 100 much to suppose
that il will, before long, a!Ier the character
Of ecat.e. in most Of the great breeding
districts. |. would have been thought in
credible some years ago, bI:: Is neverthe-
less the fact, that they are treadng ci0csssiy
on the stropgholds even Of the Herefords 1,
and an observing traveller, who sees their
colors staring to view in very unwonted sit.
uations, rusl pronounce them universal in.
truders.
Thus far Mr.. Berry. whose admirable
account of the improved short horn cattle,
our readers will duly estimate. THERE'S
no point which he has more triumphantly
illustrated than the value ofthis breed, as
containing combination Of periections. 1t
was a point which was in nlannerlost sight
of by the early improvers. They devel.
oped the aptitude to fatten, and the early
maturity of the short horns, but they neg
lected, and were beginning to lose, their
milking properties. This is also the grand
error Of many modern breeders ; and hence
arose the general impression, and founded
on careful observation, that in proportion as
the grazing properties Of the beast were in.
creased, its value for the dairy was proper.
,ionably diminished.
The Yorkshire COW, which now almost
exclusively occupies the London dairies, is
an unanswerable proof Of the possibility OF
uniting the two qualities TO degree of per.
fection, but not at the same time they
succeed to each other, and at the periods
when it suits the convenience ofthe dairy.
men that they should. Twenty years ago
the Yorkshire cow was, compared with 9th.
er breeds. as great favorie in the London
market as at present. She yielded more
milk, in proportion to the quantity Of food
consumed, than could be obtained from any
other breed but when the dairymen had had
her about four years, she began to fall off.
and he dried her, and sold her. 1t took
a long time to get much flesh upon her
bones and when he calculated the expense
of bringing her into condition, he found that
his cheapest way was 10 srfi her for what
she would fetch, and that seldom exceeded
81.
BY degrees, however, some of The more
intelligent breeders for this market began 10