The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-03-10
A PERFECT MLcu Cow.-The points of

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the muzzle fine; the face rather dished
and the space between the eyes wide. A
aoedgc shuped head should be avoided, as
indicating weakness of constitution, The
eye should be large, full, bright, and express
sive of mildness and intelligence; the horns
slender and of waxy appearance, the ears
the head, rather thin than feshy, but pretty
The breast need not be SO wide as in cattle
designed chiefly for laltening, but it should
not be too narrow, the portion OF the chest
beneath the shoulders deep; the shoulders
not coarse and projecting, but we'll laid in
at the top; the bak straight; the loin and
hips wide; the rump long and the pelvis
wide. The ribs not quite SO round as is
preferred for grazing stock, but still giving
to the carcass barrcl.like form. The
nanls should be deep and full the hind
quarters long. and heavy in proportion to
the fore ones; the twist wide; the thighs
thin; the tail slender, excepting at its upper
end, where it should be large; it should
not rise much above the level of the rump
the legs rather short and small and fiat be-
low the knee and hook. The skin should
be of middling thickness, mellow, and elias
tic, and of a yellowsh color as indicative of
richness of milk the hair thickly set and
soft. The uddcr should be capcious, sprca-
ding wide on the body, but not hanging
low, without neshnesss, but having plenty
Of loose skin the teats OF medium size, re-
gularly tapering from the upper end: wide
Iy separated from each other, and placed
well on the forward part of the bag. The
milk-vcins large, springing out near the
fore legs, and appearing we'll developed to
their junction with the udder.
The point relative to the skin, udder, &C.,
though mentioned last, we consider as most
Indicative of good milking qualities.
LARGE CnEsrED HoRsEs.- Horses that
are round or barrel chested," are invaria-
bly, more muscular and enduring than those
of the opposite kind. Scientific sportsmen
are in great measure, guided by his girth
just behind his shoulders by this test, a
well-known jockey foretold the reputation
and prowess of the celebrated racer .sPle-
nipotentiary," almost from the period of his
birth. Cattle dealers and butchers, in like
manner, judge by the chests and shoulders
of cows and pigs what amount of fat they
| are likely to gain in process Of feeding
All animals that have large lungs are re-
marlable for the vigor of their appetite,
and for the facility with which they appro-
pirate their nutriment; such animals will
feed upon the coarsest hay and straw,
whilst their less fortunately constructed
companions are fattened by no kind of food
An amusing anecdote is related of simple
ton, who, in trying to sell his horse, de-
clared that "thc animals eating aoas u mere
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ry to intention, have sufficed to ruin the
prospect of sale, bi: that the buyer with d
rare discrimination, inferred from the horses
chest that the capacity Of his appetite had
been unwilling ly mls-s.ated. He bought
him on the hazard Of an OPINION, and had
no reason to repent of his judgment.
Medical Times.
Sailing HoRsEs.-" A person who kept
sixteen farming horses, made the following
experiment with seven of them which had
been accustomed to eat salt with their food :
Jumps of rock salt were laid in their man
gers, and these Jumps, previously weighed,
were examined weekly to accertained what
quantity had been consumed; it was re-
peatedly found that whenever these horses
were fed on hay and corn, they consumed
only about two and a half or three ounces
perday, but that when they were fed with
new hay, they took six ounces per day.
This proves the expediency Of permitting
cattle the free use of salt at all times and
it cannot be given in so convenient form
as rock salt, it being much more palatable
than the other in refined state, and by
far cheaper. A good lump should always
be kept in box, by the side of the animaH
without fear that it will ever be taken in
excess-Soutterm Cultivator. =
Butter MADE BY CHEM1sTRY.zZIt is sta
ted that recent investigations/have proved
that butter may be produced from hay or
grass, without depending>upon the cow for
its preparation and that an expert chemist