Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-11-13
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Temperance Advocate.

Report of the Ne'oberry dSTacuttafat So
ciety on Cattle.
The Chairman oflhe Committee on
Cattle, respectfully submits the following
Report
The condition Of This portion Of our
stock, renders it highly important, that a
report should annually be read before our
Society; and iha, no neglect should be al
trbu,ed on his part he submits such infoI-
nation as he has been able TO collect:
When we consider the important part,
which cattle form in our domestic econo-
nv, we ought 10 be induced TO give them
ali the care and attention, which they re-
ouire. Instead Of this, we too frequently
find that neglect, almost utter neglect,
is their lot.
Whoever intends to commence the
work of Improvement in stock. must FIRST
direct his attention to The introduction Of
good breed; for any person, who will lay
prejudice aside, will perceive at once that
the improved breed, which has been in
troduced among US, is much superior To
the common stock of the country. Al
though in many instances, gross imposition
has been pracliced upon the community
by our stock driving neighbours, in in
Producing an inferior breed OF cattle, for
thorough breeds, YET it has been the means,
by resorting to The pure ,plood, of furnish
ing cross, which in time, with judi.
cious course of management, will produce
an excellent race of catte.-ln recomnien-
ding breed for this purpose, fell conf
dent that for the general Improvement oi
our s,ock, the full breed short born will
prove the best. 1t will improve their
milking properties, aud give them size and
an apilude to falen more rapidly. 1t
will improve item in the points essential
10 good beef cattle, giving them lighter
heads and necks and better hind quarter
giving them weight in the proper points
all desirable in meat cattle. A. Is. Allen
of New York contended, that it was USE
less 10 import Ayershires, al high price,
when they could. by breeding their best
milkers Of the common stock to short horn
bulls, produce animals Of the same quail
ties at rrihing cost. 1t is true we have
not as good common stock as those to
which Mr.. Allen aludes, as they are re-
motely descended from The Here(ords and
Devons but the experiment has already
been commenced by member CT our So
cie,y, (Nlr. VIM. Summer. Of Pomaria,)
and calves need only be seen, to be con-
WINGED of the great benefit to be expected
from this cross. The milk cow requires
generous supply Of suitable food, ifyou
would have her give regular supply oi
good wholesome and nutritious milk,
which is all important in making the best
quality of bu,ler.-Corn meal, shorts,
wheatb bran, with peas. pumpkins and tur-
neps, in their proper seasons, furnish the
principal food. An important article of
food has been almos, wholly neglected =
aliude 10 corn. stalks. There are many
stalks in old land which scarcely produce
!. shot these should be gathered when the
fodder is usually taken, or before, and cut
np in cu,ling machines, {lhe improved
machines which are made durable, an
swer an excellent purpose and regular
supply given every day; the tops of corn
even after the fodder is taken of, should
be fed in this way, as it will give large
quantity Of food, which fleft 10 die upon
the stalks is wholly lost. In the north,
many farmers, who own extensive herds
Of cattle, keep them stabbed during Sum
mer, and soil them upon corn stalks, sown
expressly for this purpose, either thichly
in The drill, or broadcast upon land well
prepared !; the stalks grow up slender, and
when the tassel appears. it is cut of at the
ground, and an enormous quantity Of food
is obtained TO The acre. AS it is by being
sown lhickly prevented from sending out
shoots, it is rich in sacharine substance,
and when fed green, or in cured stale,
it furnishes superior food for cattle and
horses. The attention Of our friends, ]
1rnst, need only he directed TO these things
to give them fair trial. Pea-viDes fur
ulsh;also an excellent article for soilng.
During winter good turnip crop is all
important 10 cattle OF any description. For
milch cattle lhe rutabaga is TO be preferred.
impar,ihg little or no favour 10 the milk !,
it is moreover richin nutriment, and with
suitable culture, succeeds well in our eli
mate Z; the turnips should always be
washed, before being, fed. Sheltered is
another requisite Of importance for The
proper rearineeand keepins Of: cattle