Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-07-11
BREEDS OLE CATTLE

We copy from the Albany Cuvator the follow
ing discussion which took place at the Agricultural
| Meeting at Albany, last winter:
Mr.. Sotham said he an advocate for the
llerciords. He believed they would make more
flesh with the same expense than any breed in the
country-that they would carry themselves 10 mar
! ket with less loss and that their beef would from
its superior quality, command the highest prices
In selecting these cattle, he had done so from a
conviction that they would prove more generally
useful here than any other breed in England. lie
having had frequent opportunities of examining all
the breeds there, he thought he was acquainted
with the peculiarilties Of each. He had been per-
lectly satisfied with the Ilerelords here and he
only asked fair trial for them, to satisfy Others
! Mr.. Daniorlh, of jefferson county, said he be-
gan breeding with what is called the native stock
About sixteen years ago, he purchased short horn
| bull. The calves produced from this animal
and the old stock, were much improved for dairy
purposes, and they were also better for fattennr-
lie kept them as he had formerly kept stock. They
were more tender in constitution-did not winter
so weIl--were not quite so good for labor; their
dispositions were more sluggish but on the whole
they we're more profitable, by at least, twenty per
cent, than the old stock. Some years since d. us.
ed Devon bull in his herd The cross from him
on that of the Short Horn BULL had proved excel
lent They were more hardy require less food fat
ten easier are better for work, ana are as GOOD for
milk. The superiority FOR labor and fattenisg is
quite obvious-fr beef the Devon cross is better
at three than the others are at four wears Of ace
Both, Durhams and Devons, had improved his ma
tive stocks but he thought the Devon had benefit
| ted him the most.
| Mr.. Bement said that within the last eighteen
years, he had had more or less experience with the
Durhams, Devons Eerefords, Ayrshires, and ma
tives, they are called. He had found both good
and bad mixers among the Durhnms- generally
speaking, the higher bred they were, the less vau.
able thew were n mixers Rut he vnS c,tis6aJ !,
was practicable 10 select from certain families of
the Short Horns those from which a very superior
breed of mixers might be reared-a race, perhaps,
superior in this respect to all others. For his land,
however which was rather sandy and light, he lik-
ed the Ayrshires; and so far, was very well salts.
| fed with them. He thought Duhams were better
workers than had generally been allowed. He had
seen them tried, and they did exceedingly well.
Judge Leland. of Stuben county, said they had
tried several breeds in his section-tho Herefords
Short lIorns,and Dcvons had all been there Sew
ernl years ago, Mordecai Hale, Esq, who was in
some way connected with the U. s. Navy, sent in.
to that county, some Herefords; aud perhaps he
ought, in justice, to say that they proved the mos
generally useful Of any stock they had tried
They were very hardy, were powerful in the yoke
and decided improvement on the native stock fol
a dairy. Comparing those Hereords with the hero
owned at the time by Messrs. Corning & Sotham
he thought that the latter showed that the breed
had been improved in regard to a disposition to ac-
cumuate fat on the most valuable parts the Equal
ty pieces" as Mr.. Soham had called them; but
while this had been gained, it was question In
his mind, whether they had not lost something on
the score of muscular strength and constitution
Judge L.remarked, that his experience and obser.
walton had convinced him that the native stock OF
this section would be improved either by Durhams
Herefords or Devons-that is, a cross from either
of these, made more profitable stock for general
purposes