Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-11-28

} mcr, is yet very interesting to us, fo
his good qualities all come down thro
the inferior races; and the Godolphir
Arabian, to which the English hors,
owes much of his superiority, was ac
tualIy cart horse in Paris.
Our ordinary race of farm horses i,
extremely good. The warmth and va.
riableness of the climate have settled
down the stiff and heavy frame of the
European horse, and given us a race OF
quick, alert animals, admirably fitted tc
second the activity of the farmer him.
self.
SO with respect to CATTLE, we have
almost every variety and the best OF
all the varieties. The emigrants often
bring their best and favoritc animals
the passenger vessels bring cows to
give milk during their voyages, and be
then proftably sold here, and these are
generally of the highest kind; COM
merce imports from every quarter. the
animals which will pay best. and are
therefore the best at home and spirited
breeders have gone into the English
markets and brought over some of the
highest priced animals. The result is,
that we have great accumulation of
stock of every description. There are
the Alderneys, with their rich milk, it.
sell cream The Ayrshires, copious
givers of milk strongly inclined to but
ter, with forms fitted for the butcher.
The Devons, an ancient race, brought
by the first settlers of New England.
and indicating their descent by their re-
semblance TO the improved Devons.
with which our stock has been of late
years abundantly recruited. Fitted. bv
their mllkinesS, for the dairy: by their
delicate flesh, for the knife; by their
9uickness, for the plough, they claim to
be second to no other race; and if Sc
cond to any. only to the short horned
Durham. which is so familiar to us all
as to require no description, which un-
doubtedly now unites the greatest mass
OF suflrages in its favor, of easy fatten-
ing, OF early maturity, and of excellent
food, more than any other race of
horned cattle.
OF SHEEP too, we have all the varie-
ties. The Leicester, with their early
fitness for the knife, and their large
carcasSes and large wool: the Merino.
for It's smaller yield of rich wool the
Southdown, cxcelant for both wool and
carcase; and, finally. we have a less
known breed coming into reputation il
is the Tunlsian or broad tailed sheep,
originally sought mainly for the carcass,
but. having proved itself very hardy,
well acclimated, when crossed by other
breeds, so as To acquire finer wool, it
may become a standard stock among
us. Nor are we less favored in
SwlNE-We have all the breeds
among others peculiarly our own, is
what is called the Chester county breed
and the Berkshire breed, Just coming
into great and deserved estimation
among us. And even the common
breeds that run about, without knowing
their extraction, are often admirable, |
remember well that the PENNSYLVANIA
Quaker farmer, Jacob Brown, Com,
mandcr-in-Chict of the American Army
during the last war, told me how much
he was struck by the beauty of the hogs
which he saw running about PhiIadel-
! pha and | have since often had occa-
sion 10 admire them.
OF all these various animals we have
specimens now before us which we
may all examine, and, if we desire il
obtain them at reasonable rates. and nc
one can doubt the real economy to a
farmer of possessing these improved
breeds. An inferior animal takes as
much trouble and as much food as q
good one, and then the care and The
expense are often thrown away upor
cattle that will give neither milk nol
beef How many stunted milk cows
do we see who may be said to 90 dry
all the year round-how many steer,
who, after cmptying whole corn crib
at last, i'll the spring look like the crit
itself, all ribs without, and all hollow in
side. But crossing and training have
: created animals who turn at once into
milk or beef every thing we put into
them-who give plenty of milk if yor
want milk, plenty of fat if you desire
beef, and who, coming earlier into tn,
dairy or the market, save whole
years expense of feeding. | hope
therefore, that we may profit by th,
present opportunity of improving ou
stock, and encouraging the spirite,
breeders who place the means of doin
1t IN our power.
Nor are the productions of Pennsyl
!, vania less numerous than lis animals