New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-24

vould find, that 10 purchase them nj Sh price "Hs y"
Ne long ron poor tcpnOmy.
BE womb Dot sttemp 20 describe all the mu'tfs cc'
breeds Of tie civilized worlj but would cchdts hts
Iemsrit TO The eve leading British breede--'he ALDER
hey OF Jeisty, the Ay rshi'e the Devon, the Hereford
ab0 The Sbou-born. In eve aud weight the AldoIpey
~ the sm"llest. Ii is supposed to have come from
! Normandy, hut Las been improved IN the ChtLDel
lsaLds, AID rs greatly superior 10 what 1t formerly
WIS., IL n picturesque looking animal IN appearance,
raler Than strictly beautiful one. Those which be
bad seen were mostly necked, sway hacked, high
Ia the vitiers full beed and gauut. But he under
stood that by skilliul breeding tbero had been many
| lIdivdu5 OF the breed mace up TO ymmetry ana
development quite credable. The Alderney, be cou-
ee0ed, gives the richest Of all milks, but little in guam
tty. Taken to the country, 1t was an active animal
capable OF getting a living scan pastures. Ii Will
thrive in degree almost here with US, but
undoubtedly does beat in ciects which are the same
| isOibermay its native land.
The DevoIe sre supposed To be brought TO Eogland
with the Ces, and are, perhaps rightly regarced as
the oldest breed Of the British lses. They are de.
gree larger thar the Alderpey heavy in the head
| d, lot carry ont the lump WELL but are very good
animal witbal. They give rather more milk than the
! Attorney, and of Almost rich quality. They are
Lot very heavy in the briske and being narrow be;
tween the shoulders, enabled 70 move brisky aud
are thus adapted TO working under the yoke although
rather light for heavy draft and hence they have been
| improved by cross Of the short-horn. The long
hons have been tried in Kentucky, but abandoned, for
they did not prove ther famous ulko eters The
d, Oh is too small for Kentucky, and for other dis
trICts Ike it where there is abundance OF heavy rcl
pasuIage They do not aim at getting single famous
nikeJs IN his S,se, for they keep many animals al
lit lie milk from several is fully adequate 20 their pur
| pose.
| for they were formerly of dun and dark color aud
white faced and tbroatedi peculiarly which
| he thought owing to q cross with tue Glamorga1s.
Their greatest in eriority that they were miserable
mixers; a very bad fault, for there are doubtless
| Thousand persops who wish a milking animal 10 one
/ ID Qrgd
with the Short horn, il coarser in the shoulder and
thicker III the hide, beside wanting that general SYM
meiry which cbaIacteTizes their great rivals. good
handling quality OF hide highly priced ~ the butcher,
for a mellow spoDgy skin iudcases good quality Of
| beef, and hat well "marbled." In this important
feature he had found the hereford deficient He was
that this breed is favorite with butchers bat
thout ht it g Que 10 the fact that lays on ia tat IN
patches On the inside of the carcass aud thus goes in
the " fth quarter az the butchers perqusite.
| The SbOrl-horn he deems an original and not, as
! popularity supposed, @ created breed. They vary
much it tue, in color but these variations well
| defined, and eveTmoTe repeated He had never seen
real sherthoTn without patch OF bite on It, The
pbs ogIOmy Of the is the same as in oden times;
a iaci hich he thought demonstrated IN their resem-
bance at this day TO the outline Of an old Yorkshire
sculptnred centuries ago upon marble slab In an
| cd church at Durham. The short horn hss not only
perfection of form but size fattening properties, and
| milking qualities as we'll In England, Scotland and
this country any dairy which is famous will generally
| be composed borhorns, either thoroughbred or
| we may on the other hand develop ii 10 great
| tent by careful breeding from milking families: lie
has had animal give 30 quarts OF milk daily and be
believed the breed viii make butter aud cheese
than any other. In early maturity they are unrvaled
AT t eTs old they have been sent from Kentucky TO
! the HeW-YOIk marie in prime condition.
BE YVES not Of thOse who admitted that the improved
| shor-lorn family ad been created by Charles and
| Robert COlng, for Ceiling himself admitted that he
had bought fine animals Wherever be could lind them
before ne began to breed for himself lie had bred J1-
dcoUsly and improved The breed, but its origin must
he sought prior to the days of Charles Ceilings Hub
back Pejhaps il NAV MOI be advisable TO them in
| New England to the exclusion of other cattle; bat
thIout hCut the whole interior Of this couury, where
The c mate is fair and the pasurage good the5 would
30 they had Kcntucky already run ont any other OF
the leading breeds which might be placed In compeu'
| ton with them.
| The Ayrphre is essentially modern breed At
| least there was no such breed famous in Ayr hun
cred ears ago. and he of the impression that it
had originated III a cross OF the shortborn with the
ghlande. 1t has many OF the charsctsristics
of the hOrp U.s. next 10 IT, the heaviest feeder,
and s great milking properties, he thinks duo to that
part OF IT. parena,e. Carried 10 poorer pastures,
tbe Ayrsire oOes not thrive well as on It's native
helcF. Some public epired farmers III Kentucky have
recent i'm ofted some Of the breed and will give it
another iair TRIAL; but Mr. Clay believes the same un-
favorable result Will follow as mas heretofore.
Mr. Clay claimed that his fsvorite breed possessed
all the essential points OF true beauty. Beauty ne
thought was composed Of five elements. lst ffo-
preiy: That is the adaptation of means 10 az end.
The III impression OF beauty ID never conveyed 70 no
cultivated mind if the eye shocked at seeing an I'M
an ablenets of form to the purpose III view. ID The
elhltical line OF the oval: We make ourpctuTe frames
oval because that ia the most beautiful shape, ana
so do we plas OF grAss ana the leaupg
fea,ures OF q Ian Escape garden, while the female
face rs never absolutely iaultess unless 1t presents
the oval form when viewed III front. Sd, Color; The
bisbtest gems are the best and tue greatest luXdn'
stce o tnts are layished BY nature where she makes
her loyeie st hahdIwok 4Sh, Snoothness OF ourfA'e
The angular foIm is hot admissible in coanecton
with the subject of the Besut uli and roughneos ID
merely anguIariiy infinitely multiplied. 9TH, Proper,
ton or The Harmonious Arrangement OF Parts; All
these qualities he thought combined in the perfected
Short-forn of our tme and we are bound u resPeGl
Tic heantifnl for we spend at least ten times much
for il as we 40 for the purely ulltarian
Mir CLAW illustrared his remarks with the aid oil
large panied sketch OF one Of his Short Horn cows,
winch was suspended the back Of the PLATFORM lie
was Loudly applauded resumius his seat, as alS9
ya The announcement by Prof Porter that tho second
lecture would be given TO- morrow morning.