The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-12-16
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them. we assure them that they may
continue the plan Of importation until all
their means are eXhausted-tiieir stock
will continue 10 degenerate unless they
learn 10 sustain and Improve il by judicious
crossing. To assist them 10 eGecii9g this
object We quote The following remarks from
a work Of br. CliDe's who was one OF TIE
mos; celebrated dnaiomisis aud authors
England ever produced:
".tlsbo3ah lie form Of domestic AMI.
mails has been greatly improved by select.
ing with caro- those possessed Of the best
shape for breeding, yet the theory Of I'm.
proyement has no, been SO well understood,
that rules could be laid down for directing
the practice IN every case; and although
the erteraal form has been much s,ndIed
aud the proportions well ascertalned, these
are but indications Of internal Structure
the principles d improving II must, there
4 fore, be founded on a knowledge Of the
structure and use o. the internal parts and
I Of these, the lungs are of tho first imp1r
/ lance il IS on their size and sCuuduess tbai
the strength and health Of the animal prin
cipaiiy depend, the power Of converting food
into nourishmcnt being in proportion to
their size, an animal with large lungs beng
capable Of converting given quantity Of
food a.o more Bourishment than one With
smaller lungs, and therefore having great,
or aptitude 10 iatten. Tue form and SIZE
I Of the chest, but deep chest is not capa
cioDs, unless i be proporiionally brold.
The petcjS is the cavity formed By the
junction Of the haunch bones with the bone
4 OF the rGnP, and il is essential that this
cavity should be large and capacous; It's
size indicated BY The width Of tic hips aud
the breath OF the twist-whlch is the june.
ton Of the thighs-ihe breadth Of the IONS
being always 10 proportion to thai Of The
chest and pevis. The head should be
small the length Of the neck in proportion
10 the height Of the animal; the muscles
and tendons large, the strength of the
animal depending more on the muscles or
iendons than on the bones; many animals
with large bones are still weak, and those
Iha, are imperlectly nourished during their
growth, have their bones often dispropor
tionalely large. A compact, round made
body, deep, full chest, broad loin, full
flank and straight back, small head and
clean chaps, with fine tapering neck, limbs
and bones not coarse and large, soft but
thick skin, with soft and fine hair, are
amongst the chief marks Of 4 good kind.
SIT has been generally supposed, that
the breed Of the animals is improved by the
largest males this opinion has done con.
siderable mischief, and probably would
have done more, il it had net been counter.
acted by the desire of selecting animals Of
the best form and proportions which are
rarely TO be met with IL those Of the lar
gcst size ; experience has proved that cross, /
ing has only succeeded, 10 az eminent de- /.
gree, ia those instances in which the f. /
males we're larger than in the usual proper. |
lion Of females 10 males, aud that it has .
generally failed when the males were dis.
proportionately large, II a well formed .
large buck be put TO small ewes, the lambs .
viii not be so well shaped as their parent;
but if good small buck be put TO larger
ewes, the lambs will be Of an improved
form; the improvement depends on this
principle, that the power of the female 10
supply her offspring with nourishment is
IN proportion to her size and The power Of
nourishing herself from the excellence Of /
hor constitution. The siza Of the fp!us is
generally in proportion to that Of the female
parent, aad, therefore, when she is dispro,
portioA.:ely snail, the quantity Of goarish.
mca! is disproporlonaiely small, and her
has all the diaproportioaS Of
but When the female =. from her
size aud good constitution, IS more adequate
TO the lourisbmeus of fE'us of a male
smaller than herself, the growth viii be
proporlonately larger; the larger female
has also greater quantity Of milk, and
her offspring is more abundanily supplied
with nourishment after birth. To produce
the most perfectly formed animal, abundant
is necessary from the earliest
period of its existence, until lis growth is
complete.
To obtain animals with large lungs,
crossing is the mos, expeditions method,
because well formed females may be selec.
ted from a variety OF large szs, 10 be pn,
to well formed male that is rather small.
Ter by such mode Of crossing, the lungs
and heart become larger in consequence
Of popularity in the circulation OF the
intus, >a,ch causes larger proportion Of
the blood, under such circumstances, TO be
distributed 10 tho lungs than to ether parts {
OF the body, aud as the shape and size of ,
the ches, depend upon that of the lungs, t
hence arises the remarkably large chest,
which is produced by crossing with females
that are larger than the males but this
practice must be limited, for it may he car
ried to such an extent that the bulk of the
body might be so disproportioned to size of
the limbs, rs TO prevent the animal from
moving with sufficient facility, so that
where activity is required, this practice
mus, not BIO extended so FAR in those which
are intended for the food of man. The
kind Of animals selected Tor Cross breeding