The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-10
NUMBER 8.

ueHciencleS III call tnat was al nrSt we'll
formed. The straight back also denotes
an aptitude to fatten kindly.-Much de-
ponds upon the room they have: no ami
NAL can be good whose lungs occupy
small space, and as the lungs occupy all
the space within the ribs, so it is of great
importance that the space inside of them
should be largc.-for this reason the limbs
should be spread wide, and extend well
back towards the hips. The full heavy
flank in the COW is most certain indica-
ton of good mixer, and the bull thus
formed generally produces cows that milk
well. The belly being nearly straight
shows strength in the Aa,es. Globular
ribs hold much flesh, and it is much easier
put on such than upon those that are sharp.
Wide ribs give a broader loin and more
capacity to the pelvis. From the hips to
the rump long and straight with the back,
the hind quarter that is thus formed will
weigh very heavy, the Wilderness of the
twist, and the filling up of the seam, gives
the greater weight to the upper part of the
thigh. Straight legs are stronger than
crooked ones. Clean legs and small tail
show fine bones. Short joints in the leg
is also an excellent mark OF an animal fat
tening easily, for every animal requires
food to iatten it in proportion 10 the length
of the leg. A short-legged animal with
large body will fatten upon less food than
a long-legged one with small body.
When the briskct and twist are large, the
legs be wider apart, and it is important
that both these be large.
have said above that the head should
be small; but l did MOI mean that bulls
head should look like ahy thing but bulls
head, for if il looks like steers or cows,
he will be uncertain in propagating his
species. If the neck should be dispropor.
tionately long and slender, it denotes
weakly constitution. The body cannot
well be too long whilst the legs keep wide
apart, as long body throws much weight
in the carcass but in very long bodies
there is tendency in the legs TO get too
close together, leaving the breast thin and
reducing the twist. This | consider a
serious misfortune.
In breeding it is of importance that
where there is deficiency in one the
other should be particularly good in that
part, and the best should always be selec-
ted for breeders; rejecting every thing
that is common. BY always selecting the
best and breeding from them alone, any
stock may be very much improved. so
that in few generations they will hardly
look as if they had sprung from such a
stock.
| have frequently heard it asked, what
makes such cattle as have described
worth more than others equally large
There are many reasons but | will con-
fine myself to three. - And first. they
come earlier to maturity, thus saving in
those that are intended for beef two or
three years keeping. They carry more
fat and flesh upon the most valuable parts.
1t is known to persons who are in the
habit of buying beef of a butcher, that he
mikes difference of four or FIVE cents in
a pound of meat taken from the different
parts of the same animal Now il must
be plain TO every one, that those animals
which carry their principal weight in those
parts that command the highest price.
must be worth the most, and of course he
will give more for them. They fat.en
upon half the food that Others require OF
course they are worth more 10 the man
who fattens them. WV. IIIcHgNoR
Neisemct Ali.