New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-02
PITEErOpF7C 3GRIcU TURAL
IMPORT.
IfAird Arsn1s.l
OCME5rIC ANIMALS.

tsF understood, and If the arguments Of Mr.. Browne
src not conclusive, they are worthy Of attention; |
and, II not correct of refutapoD. Til. Report says
"If ,hoep are carried FROM either Of the ten Jerae
zspes 10 n burning plebs OF the tropics, after i7T
yes,s material changes take place in then covering.
The wotl II the amb- a. first grow, similar t. tnas 10
NE ten pei ate climates, bat rather moe slowly W9en
n a o. state Tor sheaing, there is thing rensrtsoa
about lis qoaty, and Wien sborn il grows o1' esAn
% With us but If tie proper time Of shearng 20 lo ~
10 .ass ley tho wool becomes some shaf ihNsea dis
on patches, aud leaves undeIne a. 'nci., '.o'o,
sbibmg hair, e1scty like tbs. Of the ssa' I'd u' sae
climate and wherever this BAR once appeai Iere IS
Dever any return of wool M neroas 'Sc's VI iui.s
mature have aso been o-erye1 IN 0Ier az Tials Foe
Asiance, in the CashDeie goats "1t"i DsSS "
brought down from The Douna'nsSf 1hise. 10 hanJt,
N Britrh india, where The ine1a ANN 80 ,,aT xoi
i but f5 Deg F. the down, " s0otrs on .I In, o'
That grow 10 colder climates DIRECTLY onoer usn HIS,
Kng, SHY hair, w.lolly disappears The nr'' yes"
This Is n matter that IL certainly very interesting
a. ,hos. who have Undertaken 20 introduce line
~oo, shoe, INTO the sIouiherp States Thus, ac-
so,d;ug to The Retert, color Sepends much upon
r.h,. thickness II tsir or woel upon scat or cold;
and are form, or the secretion Of m;ih, upon the
scarcity, abundance or qusllty of ped. 1t is also
.tated that tbe London dray hOrse, removed to
Arbia and Subjected to the same Influences as the
native horses Of that country exposed to, in the
course of few generations, he VIII present the
leading ehssacteristcs u the Arabian horse. This
may be So but we are not prepared TO believe IT;
we need little more ght to get that through our
wool, nor are we prepared 70 bcjese the following
''DOtab'e ssct:"
at is also notable fact the; catl reared for sew
sal ,ich soils, Gh1ee IN the West Rid
ix IN Yorkshire, in England, become very larIe aud
fat and arc Distinguished by the sbortness OF their
knbr while in edi, end coldrS stu atoms their whole
bulk is less pd their legs are more muscular and
strvng which 0wesluly veT6es the truth Of the axiom
In be ding tn good cattle CoincdeDt with good
soil and ,eve. found IS a race Oh q bad oae."
1t is equally notable as a fact that the Spanish
cattle that ave heen reared more ihaa several gen.
eraiions upt the extraordinarily rich soil of Lou
isiana and fexro are the same long-leggod, SLIM
bodied, lea,A 6cshed bullocks that they were when
Introduced teihe country two hundred years ago.
The Report states that calf should never be
changed tHodeuy from all mix to all grass, but
that il SD osd be brought about gradually; other
wire the ynvth may DO DjurOusly affected
"The food with which they are fed has powerful
Influence on the milking properties OF al, COWS; and
the mode n.whicb they are feared has considerable
effect IN THAR capacity to give milk
In milk We have all that is necessary for the
growth of ,je young animal and it Is the type and
lepJtstI tnfYe of ali TODD; for unlcss anent con-
Haius the principles of Ink il is not lifted for the pro
notion OF the health and perfect development OF the
"It s bad thing to feed calves on skim-nilk
bSh the butter aid casen have been removed in the
shape Of cpam. Earl Spencer of Englaod, who wa,
very suceees Jul in weaving his calves fed them first
with new nuk and then with skn. milk and meal-thc
kter supplying the Necessary nitrogen and nitrogen
med materials.
Exercise for calf that is to be raised is neces-
sity, but for all fattipg animals the Care
so should be taken not TO expose them to the cod,
and particularly to sudden changes Much exercise
Of milk cows, says the Report, decreases the pro-
duet.n Of butter and increases the yield of cssen.
Poer pastures produce most cheese aud stal-feedng
set butter.
4, is stated that animals whose forms indicate
large bvc: and lungs coarse in bone aud muscle
and spptUhtsble 10 fred: and the opinion prevails
Tia; rhe latest animals have the smallest liver and
Ing. thus, if two animals were each to eat 100
pounds Of fcod and ODE were TO seere,e TO pou ads
Of ba,e and the other only 50 pounds tue food that
uAs aot frped into bile would be inverted into
fat; beoee the gain the anim, with the smal liver.
The outward signs by which to select beef cattle to
fed would be small boLes, fne hair, small ears and
tai, and soft akin. All animals fatten fastest-;hat
i nost pro6sbly-at the latter end Of the feeding
sAs.n. good judge could select cattle olnofod,
sAamhle.. True, he could not determine the purity
- the par ocular breed but he would other points
IN determining purity Of blood color of hair aud
akin must be examined,
"The color cl the bald hin tho and around
she wee always 4, hritc aud ~hou srcts. Ths iset
u en- ,s..nu.l rn, Whcn horna cNs', they shasd I've
smooth, ANAL, tereting, and aherp pointed, long OF
sasat accounting ~ the hrcsd, and IT light ceor
tA'eushcu, " como e'cede aud tipped with black
IN e,h.,p The ehape of Tho horn. however, IA
ksa essential point than the color
Tho Durham bncj Of cattle arr called shert
kerus In This country we'll NJ tuglsnd. because
another breed arr kuoNn ~ long horns" The
6vasish. or, Ne they arc called her, rc,@ cattle
aw distinguishabc BY their c,irmcly long horne.
The bodies cf The highest breed hccf cattle Il
split through the bach bono ancr the neck aud
tss wew cut N, and lad down upon the aat eide
d. an the ground aud marked Srcund. would show III.
farm II straight sidcj psrsllclrgram The RIBS
! shouM prlcct oW fepm the back bone ~ rtsht
Asgks heice they commenced 10 curve, This
, n,skcs the bullock hr,al cu the bach. when fat
and gives The musi mes' ~ the mos, valuable spot
stSne small bones do ne, nti 'ste w,aAncss in a
s~se,Aine snn,l. aud tr beef the bone should boar
v smah preparation tc the meat
The expression vi The eve 10 Sp c,cc,cat iuic,
e-s many properties In The jali. hcssy eye
q, vtainly indicates a slos Grlcr. or bad hcslth A
70 tias eye showing much white is oNpN~sive Of
q r~,we disposition. The As, handling bullock.