Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-11-20


u, the famous iamil, oil ne~ leicester long
b rms b. ludicioas crossing, the exceliencles 81 T.
several ANIMALS were happily united n one lSdi. 2
yidual, and the good points were confirmed a"a
rendered constitutional, by uniting animals wh'eh J.
contained them. The skeletons or sepera'e Jo'n's !
or points Of some OF the more celebrated Of MS .
ANIMALS were preserved CT picked, aud sang SIDE
by side for the purpose OF Inspection and IN
nroyemcnt Some JOINTS Of beet, the relics oi
ola Comey, the mother OF the stock, were par I
tcuarly observed; the fat OF the Sltlo'n parneu-
lafly observed the fat oil the surlom on the o"'.
side was four inches IN thickness. iour year
/ old steer oil this family weighed three thousand
I four hundred aud seventy two pounds. l ne loW
+ qutr,ers Of another { tins breed weighed nineteen
hundred aud eigbN.tght pounds, tatlo" '"o
huudttd pounds, aud hide one hundred ana Sc
yenty seven pourds, i
2-TAs cooperative influence II The SIRE ana
dam.
1.-THE preceding number establ Shed tie primer
ME that like produces like. 1t Is obvious that Inc .
farmer who has a good stock OF cattle to bteed
from viii rear 90, d stock. aud will improve therui T
hat ,lhe has n bad sock 10 start from, the pro- /
duce will be indifferent, and will grow woIse.-
. How obviously important Is IT then that ms sioe"
/ both male and female, should be 81 the 0es'
quality which be can posslbly obtain
The question as 10 the comparative influence
orlbe sire and dam is a difficult one to declde.
, That farmer Will not err who applies The grand
: principle Of breeding equally 10 them bolh. 10
!. lbe present system OF breeding, most importance
o (and that very jusy,) is attributed TO The male
: He is the more important ANIMAL on account OF
d the more numerous progeny that IS TO spHns
h from HIM. and thus his greater general influences
~ and therefore superior care should be bestowed
!, ON the first selection of him Tor rearing lie
N should, il possible, always be, IN point oil blood
of a SUPERIOR degree TO the stock 10 when nc Is
as to be bred and besides the farmer should study
n INN closely and be assured tina. he possesses, IN
40 more than an usual degree, the characteristic ex'
=. ceTencies Of the breed which il IS wished to I'M
he par, 10 his stock.
- When this care, as to possession OF such com
ID bInaton Of good points, has extended from sire
h. TO son through several successive generations, u
bv may readily be supposed that he will possess then
nd in higher degree than the female can. lhe)
he Will be uade, as II we're pat aod portion oil hl'
committeeman he Will acquire the power 81 mof'
n. certainly, and 10 greater tSeat, communicating
m lhem to bis oilalfirg.
NJ Ia this way the ntutGce Of the slro may, II
e. well bed ANIMALS, be considered as superior q
It that OF the female; but hers is always great AM
a must not be tore"uen. In Arabia Wtcse IN MAJ
I'D, is the object Of chle attention, aud hen good Glo
VII tiles are carefully studied and Systematically be
VII in her, the influence OF the female decidedly pr
nd, poadetates, and Oh Inc same principle, that {
The muhly bed COW will pleponderate over tn
,uh Of tbe half bred bull. Her exceIlencles are a
led hereditary and essential part oi her ana mo
civ likely TO be communicated TO he' offspring, tha
those which have heen only lately and accidehV
acquired by The bull with 10 pedigree, or wit
many blot in it. Custom and convenience nov
ever induce the generality OF breeders to loo
most TO the male.
ting The question whether the sire or dam has I
ea more influence IN controlling the sex OF the
non spring, IS perhaps moi less difficult OF decision
DC Cows generally breed males and females aR
nacly; but their habit in this particular Is not
Inc uniform as TO conlrayene principle which
ran lately been promulgated chiefly by French
tets on breeding One OF them mentions gr
uces number ot cases which establishes satIstaclof
The principle, that the animal Which Is N the gr
mo considered al the time oil commecr,
sen generally fashion the sex For example, an
elec- aud declining COW Is bred to young and VIZ
ana ou. bull, other things being equal, me prod'
'he wiI be male, because the bull was IN the Srea'
u" yigor.
cunt These principles lead to the statement OF ant
eater er, which IS equally as important, aud u p0's
or'y better established, and perhaps less under''o
work fla man has superior mich COW aud wlsbe
eD raise milking stock bom her, the common
'hich j. 10 save her heIfer calves But according
principle OF breeding, sustained by iacls us
NE as theory, by far the better plan would be to
rove n bull calf from this COW, aud his stock "hth
lage- i nat 10 breeding will have the excellent qn
fnucn Of his dam, and he, like her, superior mixer
E. For example, Cleopatra was an extraotdt
d an mixer according to this principle her b
calves may, er may not, make good mixers
sgeta- but her bull calf Frederick, having her char,
ar De and qualities bred An hun, will communicate
hen in :, ~ stock and HI, befer calves will be
q" d' his dam, superior mixers.
P'". THIS last principle suggests an important
e"n'' sheraton in selecting a breeding bull, VIZ;
ny w. he be descended from a superior mich cow
SALT AND ASHES MIXED FOR STOCK
,..,,;o winter saw it recommended, IN an agslcul
r.nn, PAPER. to mix salt with ashes for stock til
:. AN, an tested the utility of the praclice,l am now pr
lies TO co 10 spec" '"'U'""' " n,1,,a.. a.. a
lion Of v'cuon 'ha' SUM =, a. A. po~s vol i
.a,,aio and young cattle, as well as sheep have
:, ,b t regularly supplied with as often as once
80 since the snow went off and notwilhdandlr
- -. feed IN the pastures has been quite short ~
;. rsa sequence Of drought, for large part Of tn
=. ,Se son, the animals are healthy, and genera
Z. onn better condition than we have known the
nan. 10 years.