Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-04-22
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improvement ef D5mestIc Animals.

knowledge Of The characteristics
and properties Of different breeds Of
animals, and Of til 3 means Of i'm
proving and adapting them to special
purposes, has btan realty Increased
within canlufys al q more striking
" 50 within th4 lst fly yeaIs.-
BGfore Bakcwclt c5inInenccl bis ca
feer, about $50, the breeding Of
auimals. OH SYSTEM JIG rules, if not.
entirely unknown, vds but little prac-
tieed IN Europe -qr, America Il IS.
true, that the Al r5bi lbad, long be-
fore this, brought n hoNe 10 a high
degree Of Detfect16a; but SAeir rules
Of. brecling, as Ken Is ths>brend it
sell, wore mo<t@ Prup uloasly 90 Mined
to.theif own pebble. Blackwell, too,
it maybe said, observed as nlath Be-
cr4cy as possible; b t his prhctice
was in a great measure open - Oh
sefvation, and Lis Numerous exam
plds of improvement were the means
Of attracting attention from all parts
Of the civilized world. The result
haf been an asst pnishing advance in
this depar tment, altll ough a EnowI-
edge Of the principle on which it
has been made, is st III, especially in
thik country, too mach restrict ed.
Most ftrmqrs are convinced that
the re IS a great differ enco in tho con
stitu3i3nal propertie# Of animals of
the same species Tie IDEA that
'the breed goes into the MOUTH is.
nearly exploded IL has been clear
y proved that some pigs, for e4;ln-
PIE IRE capable Of making q i Puch
gra4tef increase of Weight than 9th
ors Of d different breed from the
same amount ana quality Of food,
aIll the same has been demonstrated
il regard 10 cattle aal sheeb It is
-appPrc lt, also, thpt the peculiy prop
critics Of different breeds Of STjimals,
adapt them TO particular climates,
soils and purposes This Is an Inn
portant principle on the proper Oh
serTan6a Of Whic b tAa success Of the.
farmer, IN regard to lis live stock,
ertatiy depends; Ind it is now much
better. understood AMI applicd than
in lbrmer years. 1t is known, for
iasf&nec, that tho breed which may
fltt&n 10 lie greatest dxtent on a giY-
on mount .of food, when confined in
stall OF pen, or allowed the range
of the richest pasture, may not have
sufficient nj muscular str ngth and haul
dsncss of constitution, to render ii
profitable under the Objects Of SCI
we're climate, orwhere much exercise
would be required. by knowing the.
properties of different breeds, The
farm pr IS able to select such as 5re
hest adapted TO bis circumstances
and wants. lie secs that the Lead
i!sg property of one l5reed Of cattle
is 10 furnish the trges quantity Of
milk for the food cons u;ned; that Of
another, the largest Q mount Of bat
ter; j third. the largest amount of
flesh and fat. lie se4s that no one
breed combines all THESE properties
in sol high 4 degree as they are found
il different breeds, and his selection
must, therefore, be male according
10 Wi is to be t be primary object,
and With due rcgar d Is the adapta-
ton of the stoclF to the Situation
and climate
Mdre correct ideas han have here
tofor4 been eEtert;I ine,ls now prevails
in regard 10 the plioperconformation
of animals. 1t Wis 4prly noticed
Ibycld se Observers dat there was a
cores pondence between the shape Of
Hanimdls and their style Of motion
The i orsc, the deer, and the grey
hound, were seen 70 ruin with great
celcritY;. and Ga comparison it was.
found that those. animal 5 which most
nearly resembled them in form, ap-
preached nearest 10 them in speed.
: a knowledge Of anatomy and Of the
PRINCIPLES Of animal locp laotion, has
Substituted this; the npjions Of the
animal macbine.are shown 10 be gov
ernedb by ordinary mechah ieal laws
Understanding these principles and
laws. 10 man chooses the car or dray
horse to ran a race, or pats the deer
like race-hoYse to heavy draft The
dillcreh IN action results mainly
from different anatomical str lcture,
based bn the Wen known mechanical
ltws, that speed and power are ahta9-
anis!-s, and that in proportion as the
cine is gained the otheris diminished.
ii is trRe, that this law, ih its apph-
eb,ioa 10 animals, is suhiddt to some
mobilization from what is called ner