Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-05-21

/ yand The Mississippi with the wolf and fata'
mount tribe, as their worthy ~co.pinndarefs OF
the products Of civilized life, The pig, then,
should have u short, fine snoni, an eye That
will not look You out Of COMMUNICATING
of the vcrmiliion hue, a mouse ear we prefer
(though others that prefer large size may be
compelled to take q flop ear with III Il light
! jowl, d shortnack, capacions chest, broad back,
Il little GROWING If very long, or perfectly le-
vel if very short; belly well let down, legs
short and standing on the toes broad and
deep hams, tail small and well set up. with a
kink or two in II, little hair and no bristIrq, a
soft handler, quiet habits, and any color yna
please. He should manure early, and fatt-n
at any age between nine and eighteen months /;
eat moderately, and convert into pork on equi-
| table shares whatever food hr takes return.
ing as near one fourth in weight as possible
when nutritious, or If coarser and lighter, as
much as he can afford,
To al this, The farmer NAV say. this is q Ve.
~ plausible theory, and We are willing 10 cons
cede II may be true enough, bul unfortunately
we arc BEYOND the reach Of such improvements
our neighbors have not this fine stock, nor
have VIZ The mems 10 20 abroad and procure
il, Well, then, gentlemen, we will advise YOU
what TO do. For vnur breeders use the very
best animals you have or can procure, and If
access 10 a male stock animal Of the right
kind can be had, don't button up your pockets
when the price is stated, but pay literally.
Every penny thus expended. il seed wheat
scattered on a fertile soil, thnt IN = few months
Will return to you ten OF twenty fold. And
when your young stock II produced don't sell
your best FLY because she will bring . few
dollars more than an ind tfrrri, one. or work
her till suptfanBuatcd. aud breed from some
crazy Jade, because she is fit for nothing else.
Don't take your best calf to the butcher aud
raise the others, because they are worthless 10
him, but save your best, Yonr rery b0t hcifrr,
and II yonr ueiglibors have not n better bull
than our best COW affords, save that for usn,
though his carcass should bc worthless when
you have done with him, which IL is not,
If your sheep are Of the common kinds, any
Of the improved rams will benefit them, but
do not attempt mixing the improved breede,
unless you are Il skiIful and experienced breed
or. They have been brought to the present
perfection only by careful and Iudlciegs cross
ing. An unlucky cross may unseitIe this nice
adjustment, and from two races eminent In
their own peculiar excellence, YOU may get a.
third will, most OF The faults and scarcely any
Of the merits Of either. The points of a high
ly improved breed are like the well balanced
elements in a chemical compound, that are
brought together and sustained by their jnst
proportions, scientifically arranged if another
element be presented or an excess Of what is
already held in combination, a disturbing prin-
cipIc is afforded, that by ifs attraction resolves
The elements into nev and pischievous COM
bInatlons, that successive generations may be
required TO re-es'ablish. Bot no danger need
be unprecedented by crossing on an Indifferent
stock-it might be difficult to make it worse,
and there are ninety-nine chances in a hum
drcd that il will be made better,