The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-02-02
RUR.sE ECO.sO.uY:
From The Temperance Adroc0fe.

tiou IN South Carolina, TO this valuable spe'
cies of our stock, is no little evidence oil
her advancement in farming end the time
has arrived when farming has become 10
dspensable TO planting. Ia former tines
planters stock Of cattle might be taken
as a good index to his table. a pen OF la'
cows, with flowing udders, aud we see
table spread with oil The real Injuries OF
life pen of hides and bones, with empty
udders, and poor table, al least. But al
though no prophet, | (orebode the time mol
far distant, when planierss COW pen VIII
be pretty good index 10 his purse. II be
has TO purchase beef and butter, hts cotton
will no, pay lf he makes cotton, he must
have manure TO make It; and tor this, hts
cows are worth fifty per cent, more 'hOn oil
hts other stock. Poor cattle, however, VIII
40, make manure, neither beet nor butter,
except We adop, a late invention for manure
10 grind up the bones, which is like killing
The goose 10 get the egg, Bat we hear oh,
irctons amongst planters, 10 the expense OF
!eed,rs. 10 such, IL is only necessary TO
recommend them 10 90 to the praise worthy
Mrs. Candy, Of Columb la, and take a lesson
from her y no, when by purchasing her co"
food, without the advantages Ct a farm, IS
masking more clear mouey by the milk aud
butter of her cows, than planters BY as ma
nv field laborers. Whatever may be said
about breeds, those who expect 10 make but
ter without feed, had better get tue breed OF
goats at once, for large goat will give
more milk upon range or broom sedse fields,
than COW, If she raises her cali, and By
starving calves, The breed mus, degenerate.
As relates TO the contest abou, breed and
feed the truth IS, a superior breed Is worth
- per cent. more than an inferior breed,
and 50 per ceni. more than common
breed, oil Uiih good feeding, aud all are a
TAX without food, II is now vain TO talk
about cur common breeds, in competition
WITH improved breeds.
Our common breeds, by the scrub bulls
Of the range. inalteutlon to selections, eros.
sing aud feeding, are drgeneralcd TO shad
ows. Had Il not been lor the lmporlalious
Of Gen. Hampton and Col. Taylor, some
20 years past the breeds 10 South Carolina
mus, have, by this tune, run out. A lew,
BY crosslGg and selecting, have thereby in
proved their breed, and saved others from
degeneration. Ard IN all probability, q
cross by the new impoT,a'lons, upon Improv
ed breeds from The former Imporiatons may
produce better breed for our climate, thar
the late lmporlatious, as II IS well knoWr
tGg, all breeds mus, degenerate by breed
iug ~ aud IN 100 long aud there must b
40 advantage IN crossing with breed tina
- scclthaied.
Before | close, w. Editor, lei me ap
prize cattle ra.sers OF an evil most unlyef
sally prevailing With our cattle, which, ;
GOT fcmendlcd, viii defeat both breed hnC
feeding. The insect which breeds uadei
hr skin on The back, called wolves, SAID e
be the anlmacuI Of the blg horse or COW
1y. THIS insect, TO doubt, throws more
cattle upon the IN, ~ the spnng seasons
than oil other caUses put togr,AeT ant
even If surviving the effects, they are I'm
povcrished hy TEN, lIf numerous 10 spite
Of oil the food tina, can be giyeu. And nna
IS The time the signs Of their existing begr
TO appear, By the bumps which they raise
and ~ month or two hence, will appear ~
( a BIRDS cry vas under tho skin, A.
hls stage, know Of 30 remedy but the
knife applied to oYen the SKIN and klli or cx
tract tile black bug lard and ttin
sioue, or ashes, IRE frequently covered over
the backs Of cattle 10 the sumner, the tly
aIll not insert It's egg. Another evil, al
tended with more injury than many are
auare ~, is the COW hce, Which may ruin a
whole stock, # not prevented, and which
nav BE- Effected by lard aud birthstone es
tefnally, and brimcsloue gwen lnaurdly.-
| have heard 1t said, however, ihat little
mercury touched On the holr of the Gov, IN
few spots, ls most eilrctual II farmers,
therefore, procure the best breeds, feed welt
and salt well, taking these precautions. the
moderation Of our winters must cnal le them
10 excel Kentucky or the North 10 raising
cattle.
Although our agricultural societies ncr
Il the honor in sHlu2 the impulse. and NOV
ing On the enterprise N this grand Object IN
our State, /, will require ten years IN
creased cllort TO bring in the full harvest Of
their labors.
Here LEI ne sugges, all idea for future
action in awarding premiums fof cattle
Whit constitutes the real vnuc OF mich
cows! Is 1t size and beauty VIII these
fill the milk pah or butter pot All shy no
Il IS true We wan; beet as we'll as milk and
butter arc the primary objects, therefore,
premiums should be awarded TO the Ifgh
est quantity OF tolk aud butter produced
rom the COW IN "a hours, measured and
weighed by witnesses appointed by the so
c'ety. And when premiums are awarded
to bulls. or calves, the milking aud butter
qualities Of the mother, to be taken into the
account THIS will be the way to bring TO
test Durhams, AyIshires, common and their
crosses. Size and beauty should only take
tho premium where other qualities arc
equal, or nearly.