Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-02-17
AGRICULT / RAIL-.
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Mercer .,uttv ~ gyiTu'fu..l ',.r.,... .I 'I
e.u-....-., .......,
the u'hrfeh' bt'"- "l ''"f'"''' -"'"' '"' d. ''''
ing:--
The cnitlr tnust r,liol upon hv hrocirgt IN
Great Br,ta,ir and lfrl,rl for -. iuf lt, gee.
Snur, lio,us or luuruy,.I Iu,,.u,-. plI i..
Iorrf0rd.- 'rhn Norh Dr.ons rllrn .... ...,
consideration in thi, rrspcct I ,r u.I!on. ,.u.
pcrtiea Of tnr.n. md som, uii,r, breeds. w. .,.
/ onsldprrI pfr,rutiy
The stately humans. ia, fen. .'i,r n4.,... a, T.
the >hon II,rn,. ow, ruc, a. inIr. n,....
forms ir the urrat care rr .I,v.,l anon ii,..,..
the pcrs, ,vcraucr. ~kul and ri."-ti.ur. of i...,.
tlsh breeders, vino shared nr.t..at l.u.
mbncy N rrliniu upun iuru .i i- M ...u
thrn IN sll, tud form To .ii,r lIIplr irt. Of ,.
teciiun-lnhuul lhr.n ut t.r'-lu.. t,u" DI..,
the case, pcu. inur.- aud u.g..-ilIr.. .,...,
say, 50 necessary 10 ptriy ui,tirin., ,.,-y ,,...
ng and good handi.ng ll.-u pr,ie ll,.>. n,....
eyer, necessarily tulluwod. ag fho rr.u', IT. t..
firm, symmetry anI constitution lu,y. v.r..
made. a. Il were. to tuhe hy Go, ar,ls.. uu,
| fashioned them; hence. they wrt" held 30. o..
para sOn~ ot in cattle 'rIhr; and # 10 y a.
said that IN ,l! Tia, ,i-pu'alIans tluo!.n.. .i.,.r
superiority. aud there were MANY pruml,-ol,,
often either b. jr,lorsly or pul .d.r". l.r r.I.i
OF rivalr, N >Gn auA cary mr.ufiu, IL i..,
Short iioru. wa, nn.rr srrmu+y CONT -'r.
I
in favor ut the nurnqm-.
Tine iirr.inrls. az gr,2rnp cll'lr. ihp a..
! next rank IN NV on,ni.n. 10 the t.1. Iiu...
| Though but lutin knlNn IN tins roaur ~. in.
! are of him rrpuin with Enr.h "rlzpf4 .!,i
I have more ircoucnilv br.inYc CON. n. ..a--
competition ar Smithtlnld and the .ttla SHOW.
| with the nurmtns. than any other breed " b..
they are not more reoucGtly To- be met witu .,...
is matter ol' surprise except that II be lhcl..
| ., l.,lI 1
the Durhanls whose celebrity was prrylnr. d.
established, and enrrusscd tue attention ui'
those who had the spirit ami pitrlutISm tnp.4
/ generous price for "A rood animal the Hoo
fords. therefore, were neglected. From wU.t
have seen Of thrtn--lnd when had the o...
sortunlty Of seeing them | examined ,llu.u
with more than ordinary attention. consider
them GOOD feeders. more clp,b'e of rl ur.,.r
| the rounh and ,u,nble system lh4t pr.yaII. l,.,,
than the orls,ocrlric Sh ,rt Horns.
The North Ieyons are also fiynritr Lra..I
IN Enrland and. Of late Years. have attracted
considerable attention m lin, country: ,i.o,.,,.
a beautiful race. and exhibit nea,uoss ar.l
I coupactness that cannot fail To pla,.e a rr..-
tlced eve. In size and early rnitur,gr ,h..i,l
short OF either the Herrforls or u.h,,.s
have seen however. many lorue fir b1H.,..
claimed 10 be D.vous. or essentially ,.. b,,
/ thev were ocnornlly some ciyht or moro voa,,
old, and mus, haye consntned moro food ipa1
was comn,tibIe wrh nrortnble faeJ.nr. /,
! New ENGLAND. the Co n,non or South Deynn:
are numerous, and. to my apprehension. mo-,
profitable cattle than the Moth Dryln-. 'lh'
/ distinction between these varieties ls that tn,
North Devon is ncarcr and ofa deeper red th.l
the South or Common Devon; but where H.,
object IS to have the largest nud casies f.i
cattle, shade of li;rcnce in color can be oi'
no Importance. The animal that viii t'n,u
/ soonest and make the most herfat the !caSict.
pense. should fit the rrazlcr's chuIcr. These
Devons are the most appropriate for crossing
with the Durlaus of any breed am acq.,,l.,.
ed with; indeed. have never seen the rn,t..'
otherwise than advantageous in lifting The D.
Won to hiuber standard. The Durham .hon.t
this. in view or rrolucinr a nr,nrr rti,,i
memorable instance Of tho in,iic orsno.s -
such a cross WINS ovo,nnIi,ird IN Nh, .,, ..p...,.
svlvoni an oInbt yr,r old .I.ugl',,.d ~,
Pmladelnbi, in l-lI whose lya .v,...,, ~
three tbous,nd ibrcn LrnJr.I and G,,- -n,n,I.
dead ,,nigbt ,f iLo fan, ,,,,,,,.r. ,.',,.
and three hundred nuj c,st,Iv.o .o,aI', r.,nl.
The whole animal wLrn ,I,ys s1,n,y..J n,,,,.,.
takoobIv tho ch,r,cro,,',,.s nr ,l'. ,,,, tr,....
from which b, .jo..,'l anL ,,I.,, I..,
tho nroIi,,. - r,b., I,,.,,. -, h',7,.., 49,, ;.'.. -
lnd with f,t ,nJ ,o,n ci,.r,c,,r',., ,
tiajlv Durbo,n. tl,,, Lr,ol o,,,,r H.,
dis,r,hntn ,L, IA, ~, ',n.,.,.,, :,
cnrn,r ~, s,,, ~, , a,' ,l.,.,,,.,"! ."
,nsI,cI Ion. r,l, ,.iil', "' ,,,,.1,.
! Tur WAY 10 Srou p.r,ror. li,.,.
SINGULAR tLot many ,yL, ara, ,,,l..,,. i....,..r
lcnr cn,ls mn. ;.t,,.,.,,,t .r 49,. 80 H.
. ,ne,lv ,,...t,IIo. Iir. a,.. H.; ','-
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