The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-01-01
CATTI,E SHOWS

What is there in the flesh of bullocks that we
should honor it? In the tat of buocks, that we
should glory in it? 1t requires time, money and
ingenuity to lure pig through a protracted eX.
cess of barley-meal till tits encased in such heavy
folds of adip0se tissue, that it no longer stand
up to its light breakfast of corn-mash; till it di
vides the hours not devoted to mastication be-
tween gasps, grunts and sumber, never manifest
ing sign of that sprghtliness of humor with which
it once kicked and squeaed in the farm-yard. An
intimate knowledge of the animals organization,
and much delicate calculation is required, before
breeder can fix upon any pOrcine frame the great
est possible weight of meat; convey the object of
lis care from distant county up to Baker street.
and support it under the depressing influences of
an untried air and new residence. We could
point to a breeder, notable for his pigs, who al.
lowed little margin for fatigue of travel and
strange beds, that he barely escaped losing the re-
ward due to his anxious toll. Just five minutes af-
ter the judge1 had assigned him the first price, the
brute sank under the weight of superimposed fat,
and died before the public could enjoy the privi-
ege of beholding it. 'I didn't expect that OBJ
served the owner, frankly acknowledging his as
constituent; F'I had made sure of its holding out
the dav. The butcher might have killed it before
night"
The winner of prize from the SmithGeld Club
has to pass many troubled momentss before attain
ing the object of his ambition. 1t would, there
fore, be unfair to depreciate his labor. But con-
sidering that it terminates in few stones more Of
dead meat in exchange for much valuable meal,
the public who look at the Smithfeld Show as
of these LiOns-are apt to think that the exhibitors
and their friends make little too much fuss about
it. A brave soldier, after enduring twelve months
suffering and hardship IN the trenches, and after
risking his own life and the happiness OF his child
countless number of times, receives, in ac
HhoWieuSehehS ol ms soIEIces; siiEer meeIi'
ne W W Geuet " nv "1 a.! tNotIl " Tue oiulln
ielu Catle ouo"I c@n ulsPIay 'e oesI OK or steer'
the best short-wOolled sheep, the best pig, So
ciety decorates with gold medal. How is this?
they ask. Why is fat so honorable? What is it,
that its production should be so encouragedF
Ihrllty housewives say II is sheer waste. Men VINO
iced beasts Tor the putchers kne tell you that pc
yond certain point TAT Is dead loss, exceeding
the bounds OF what they term Legitimate graz
ing, IN no way paying PACK the outlay ior CAKE
and meal. Ahve, 1t Is positively hideous, the
ladies' say so Dead an excess oi II onenos the tas
udlous palate. ana YET once year al Lonuon
JOINS III an oEatloh 10 H. ne p.ouuest anu Wesll
est OF our houiSs' iloHi Io Ilucg OohSoit uowh-
greatest possible quantity OF 1t under certain sPeei-
fed conditions. 10 witness the grand metropolitan
spectacle OF iat cattle, Groves come up from every
part OF me Alngoo; PoaIy farmers IN Top poT9S %
oIochlng up our tnot ,'i es WIS JnG p",I'
sweeping curves oi rotunu animal me ASK os au
MI Il. "StoH - o,V ita%o 20 ,n ttbt ct :; .L
~ 70 t a. s"PP'0 Ji "' -. tho
enu y. e:ioI ~ t @ aosuc
presents tseli ohiy dS le VI the oreeo-
er's production, not as the production ltself. The
problem OF his art IS, now 10 prng INTO existence
animals that yleLd the greatest possible weight oil
meat Tor the butcher Knlte the taOle, ana the con
sumption of man, at the smallest possible cost; and
if the method of his vocation were unknown, its re-
suits would appear as magical as anything Profess
or Houdn achieves for the astonishment Of his Wis
itors. Give him two beasts Of opposite genders,
| let them be long legged, coarse-grained, huge
hoCfed, largeherned, hungry. creatures, loose and
| lanky IN the barrel, numbering IN the shoulder,
with bones exceeding the weight OF their bodies,
when IN thelr pIumpest condition give MN these
hungry beasts, capable OF deYourlng Wh0le cOun-
before tney wlil Pc ht 10 nourisn single family
LOT "eeS' anu at te Iast, aILeI Delng emDoWelled
ana Iayed, not yle,alng pound OF lesh more ten
Ger Ger than That I'm mignt @ oe cut from tne haunch ct
- f LII e, go In %,SU' d certalh
u bo asOod n aT & Jus
ere many years nave passed. ne win put IN ysur