The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-04-04

the organs of respiration and circulation
become embarrassed and the blood loaded
with carbon. They require food often, be-
Cause the digestive organs are very active.
and soon dispose of an ordinary meal.
CATTLE BREEDING.
A very interesting and useful series of let
tiers has appeared in Bells Weekly Messen-
ger on the breeding of cattle. Mr.. Will
louchby Wood is the author of these letters,
and he argues and advises, from lengthen-
ed experience, on the cheapest and most ef-
fcient method of obtaining a herd of superb
or cattle. OF course be recommends patient
attention through course Of years as likely
to bear more permanent fruit than direct
purchase of the class of animals that is de-
sired. Such a method is not only more E.
economical, but it confers the experience and
skill necessary to the full development and
whatever degree Of success attends it, The
points insisted on by Mr.. Wood are: First
The selection Of the most promising of the or
binary short horn cows, choosing such as are
of healthy constitution, vet refined in char
,cter. large in form, short in the leg, and, a.
bove all, excellent mixers second it is arg
ued that the offspring of these cows, by a
thorough bred bull Of equally pure breed,
selecting an animal which presents excellence
in such points as are defective in the breed,
But perhaps in most cases the first cross will
not so much present any one fault in partic-
ular As want of uniformity of form, COM
bined with certain hardness, indicative of
the inferior blood on the female side. The
second cross will greatly tend both to pro-
mote uniformity and to improve quality in
the next. The bull, to accomplish this pur.
pose, ought to possess that combination of
merits which entities him to be called a GOOD
animal. He ought also to belong to a good
family, which is known a, reproducing. in the
majority of animals belonging to it, those
qualities which the breeder desires his herd
to possess.
TIE GOOsEBERRY.
An airy situation. strong deep soil. and dry
sub,oil are best adapted to the goose berry
or it becomes infected with the mildsw; and
the fruit obtains its best flower when brouyh,
to maturity gradually under low tempera
ture, causing the fruit to ripen too quickly to
insure that peculiar acreeablenes. of taste
which constitutes its great value. After the
head Of the Cooseburv bush is formed. atten
ton should be paid to the branches. the
ends Of which should be nipped off with the
fingers whenever there IS pushing forward
to make wood ; in this way all the Juices are
made to 60 forward to the formation of the
fruit. Dig we'll among the root. with hoe.
being careful not TO break them, but vet to
keep the earth loose and moist. As often a.
once week from the time the fruit sets, un-
til ripe, water with liquid manure upon the
soil. and use the hoe directly after it; and
should there be any appearance of mldew.
the bushes may be sprinkled with weak lime
water, and lime and .ulpher be scattered I'M
derneath upon the ground. In Lancashire,
England. great attention is paid to the cult
vat'on Of the Soo,ehury, and the berries often
attain to great size. To effect this. every
s'imulant is applied that ingenuity can sus-
grst; the soil is annually dressed with ma
nure Of the richest kind, and the plants are
surrounded with trenches of manure to ena-
BILE the extremities of the roots to strike into
free and warm place, and around the stem
of each plant basin is formed 50 as to
mulch manure, or water, as NAV be neccssa-
ry. They also practice what is termed suck
ing their prize fruit BY preparing very
rich soil, and by watering and the use of H.
quld menure, shading and thinning, the large
fruit is obtained.
SMALL IloE.Es.-The arguments NAV
AL be in favor of great size, but the fact. are
all the other wav. LARGE horses are more