Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-03-18

Tie chief qualities souRh, FOR In caulc. are ,hs ,ee.
dcnfy to aitcn on little food, and that 90 yield ahun.
tnrc 7fuoh milk. The tendency 10 fatien Is indica,-
cd ,..gft ~ tho capacity OF Inc chest Animals 81 sl
species. 81 Mr kmrht, al albcr qualities being
equal, arc, ] iatuk capable u labor and pnvation, and
capable OF hitcning. nearly 90 proportion ~ thcit chests
are oihcaoous bu, the habits of asces,oS will oPet-
ate VERY powerfully.
Ii lslho width lnd depth Of frame. says Mr. Berry
which conlcts weight, and not the mere circumstance
Of great height, While equally great u no, greater
weights. can be obtained with shouci-lecged animals,
they arc, independently ofoihct recommendation gen.
erally found 10 possess better constitutions and greater
propensity 20 iaiten.
Mt. knight says, the constitutional disposition 20
form lat, Is certainly hostile 10 The disposition 10 give
milk. Cows which give little milk often present large
uddets which contain much solid matter. and to ihcN-
pcuenccd ewes, 4 %two-vcar old Hereford COW would
give = promise OF much milk, where very little would
be given. 4 narrow forehead and long face, nearly OF
the s3Inc width from end 10 end, "a 10 the Attorney
COW, certainly indicates much moio disposition To give
milk than the contrary form, which ! have pointed oi
as indicative Of a disposition 10 iaiten.
Fat animals are more generally those Of the north,
where the cold diminishcs seusibIiits. Fat indeed, aN-
pears 10 be the means which nature very extensive
employs TO lower insensioility 10y interpostion between
the skin and the central parts of the nervous system.
Fat animals therefore have not only less s%cnsrbillty and
II~rl,abtlity Of the skin, but Of the organs Of sense gen.
orally. Thinner animals, on the contrary, are more
generally those of the south and have more acute sen
sibIliy and exquisite sensation.
IN reply 10 ihls ubScrNahon, MI, kngnt saws, %
not doubt out you are right respecting the use OF fsi in
cold climates all sleeping animals, through winter, gn
TO sleep IN a iaued state do not thins breeds of cows,
which give much rich milk, are very hardy. The Al
derney cows are what the lIereiurdsiire farmer calls
very mesh, that is very incapable Of bearing hadship Of
any kind, and particularly cold, consequently Of great
CT s%ensibility.
Cows which give much milk have the power Of eat
ing and di yesting much food, and they require. willis,
they give much milk a very abundant and good pas.
ture. The breeds OF cows which give less milk, ard
present greater disposition to become fai, are general
" less mesh, and will iatien upon food. The innu .nce
of the feelings Is very considerable. ] have observed
j that whenever 4 young Hereford cow disliked being
MIXED 10y a dairy maid. she soon ceased to give milk
and do not doubt that in all cases, II the calves we's
twice every day permitted 10 suck after the dairy -maic
had finished her labor, the cows would longer continue
TO give milk, and in large quantity.
: This tends to cortoborate what has been said rs t
> greater ~sensibiNty being favorable TO milking.
If this led only 10 distinction Of those two kinds as Il
d milking, nsmely-that Of fitness, aud ,hinness, and tina
= of smaller and larger organs OF sense, and greater OF
e less scusibility, it would sill be valuable, as showing
either It a later or an earlier period, what we may cv
i pect in ibIs important particular. But perhaps It's util
ity may extend still further, and enable US " improve
u the race.
y Ii may orm a basis %; ON determining whether ir
endeayutiag TO improve n breed, fattencrs may mos
easily also become mixers, to some extent; or milk
ers may, to a similar eXtent, become fatteners anC
" what are the circumstances which would most favo
such partial interchange, il not absolute Improvement
J Indeed, from these principles ! would concide. that al
animal fatening in the north, where general lcmpera
turc would render fat less necessary-would increas
s~ensiillty and would cherish the secretion Of milk, 81
" intimately connected with the excitement Of the re
productive functions which warmer climates produce
T" As these two desirable qualities are both ~dependan
" upon one system, and as they are opposed 10 each 9th
. err, (or excess Of one secretion is always more or les
90 at the cost Of the otherD they will be most easily oh
tanned by being distinctly sought for and the animal q
diminished s~ensibilty will most easily fatten, while III
animal Of increased s%ensibility will most readily yiel
milk.
These views are CONFIRMED by the London diary
men. While they Acknowledge that the Aiderney
yield the best milk, they keep none OF them, whateye
they may pretend, because those animals are peculiaI
y ly delicate, and more especially, becausc they canno
~ after being used as mixers, be fsitcned for the butch
ers. The York and Durham cows suit them best.
In certain constitutions, however, and 10 certain el
tent, there is a compatibility between fd,,ening an
= milking.