Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-10-30

| Ith dark old are has flown, --
And the feudal towers decay, l
And natightremaits tosuppoft four tiarone
But a DEBT yon ne'er Gao pay.
Mr.. ALIENS IhFoGrATtoNs-~We had the
pleasure some days since Of seeing the fysl
importation Of improved stock, BY the London
packet Mediator, which Mr..A. B. Allen, now
Ill England. 10 sending to this country. fl
consisted Of a two year old boar, Windsor
Castle, a thorough bred Berkshire, with nil
the characteristics Of the same breed in this
country IA to marks and color, but Of much,
greater size, standing about three feet high,
measuring about Fix feet OH n straight line
along his side, and weighing acme 900 to 700
pounds, and every way fine aud well proper
toned ; II IT Craven, Ii two year old ditto,
not SO large but rather more eou,pact and finer,
| and Il considerable number of pigs of the sarne
breed OF very large size and promise. These
however, from Their long and close c%onfine-
meNt. did not show TO 50 much advantage az
the older ones hut Al they have AL been 3d.
ieeteJ by Alf, A. trptu the ~tltelcest atoaH OF
the country a~ftorilag every promise through
their pareHtaae and th.Ir own appearance,
they viii, no doubt, under j|ulicious marlage-
taaiit, come up fully to the models exhibited
in the larger animals.
Another shipment d the Bar.sl4ires We no.
tee was made in the packet ship Wellinrt.. !,
and further ifaportatio1s If cattle, sheep and
swine arr To folloW-at5GHy Cattipat5r.
@-r@a@@4s&
from The Fraa41in Former Of 1885
HE rsfNeIe1fa Or BREEDING cATTLE.---
The iitiniherof agrlcnlturaliats who are. De-
voting themselves to improving their cattle In
50 great, and increasing 50 fast, that anthen-
TIC information on the principles of breeding
cannot fail to be highly Interesting and useful.
have therefore concluded To prescott ttthe
apnbllc through the columns ef your l,urnsi,
arranged under the following heads :
lst, The grand principle that like produces
like.
81. The comparative influence OF sire and
darn.
The principles and facts which will be pre-
scented 10 these articles, will be almost entire
" selected and arraifged from that most Ella
f,orate and authentic treatise on cattle pub
llssled under the super asefdencea tue British
society Tor thu diffusion Of useful knowledge
On this account the writer may ask for these
articles flse ~sreates attention, as this work ii
Of ff,a highest Authority both IN England and
america From this work (Which should be
N the hands 81 every f@artaer1 4 will extract
Largely IN The present article, which will be-
deyased % the illustration oil
l--TAe grand principle thai 1ike produces like.
That which lies It the foundation and i'm.
pfovesneatsof every sock, or the successful
management Of il, Ii the iacs, the common but.
too much neglected axiom. that like produces
like This il the governing law III every
portion of animated nature.
There IN not a daviatiofl from tin tile pcge-
table world. and the exceptions are .eW and
far between "a thaloWer classes ~ animals.
When il The higher species the principle my
not seem at all times to hold good, Ii Id be-
cause another power, the mtellectnal--th1ae
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES controls the mere a.
ganic one OF in mans instances the organic
principle is still in full activity, for the lost
resemblance 10 generatonse zone by is pleas
ingly and strongiNraviVed.
lais principle extends to form, constitution,
qualities, p~radisposfsiion and taegetaptlon from
and 10 every thing that can render ii,
sHiaIaI valuable a worthless. I'll eaaaily ~
plies 10 fhedans and To the sire. III ID tile
Of scientific and successful breed
ing. sss
Let il be supposed that the cattle of d cer-
tain farmer have some egcellent qualities.
about them. but there IS d de5aef which con
siderahly sdeteriurates their vllue, and which
tie is anxious To remove. He RENE that
like produces Ike ana he looks about ri IL
bull which possesses The excellence which lie
wishes to engfaft on his II breed, he tries
the experiment, and perhaps To- bin astonish
inellt Il Is 4 failure, and his stock may have
Instead Of improved. The cause
Of this was not tlIat the. new bull lack
ed the good point which vas wanting III |
old stock. but he, TOD. was deficient solae-
where else, and therefore, though his cattle
ID some degree improved BIZ him ID one
way, It was couliserbalanced III the Inheritance
Of his defects. Here il The secret of every
The new eonaers while he possesses
that which was i aeaNeratum III the old
should likewise possess every good
.atlality which they had previously exhibited
aaeis and then aIfeaes will there BIZ al I'M
proyensaaf without alloy.
This principle WIS the secret spring ard
The ground work of Ill Mr.. BaEeHeIF pre-
coed mss and success. The nruanft adoption
of this principle enabled that sd~lssinrulshedl
breeder % build m The fanaa family II neW
Laleesfar Iuag Iafrs, Rg IsAeioas crossing
The e1ceilenelas IF sevefaI animals were nap
pily uuited ii ola iinsIifviddna, ard tile goadtf
points Were caafrfasa and rendered c1lssitn-
lioual. hYNnnIsing aninTaIs which contained
them TIhn skeletons oil separate looinfs Isl
points ed some Of the rbora celebrated III lis
animals were preserved on picked. ard hung
side BIZ size tor the purpose eE asssesfaaaafi