Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-07-04
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WEIGHT OF LIVE STOCK.

The following rule for determining
the weight of live stock, without regard
to offal, has long been used in England,
and is considered by dealers and men of
experience, quite reliable: Take
string, put it around the breast, stand
ing square just behind the shoulder
blade; measure on foot rule the feet
and inches the animal is in circumfer-
ence; this Is called the girth. Then
with the string measure from the bone
of the tail which plumbs the line with
the hind part of the buttock; direct the
line along the back to the fore part of
the shoulder blade; take the dime nsions
on the foot rule as before, which is the
length, and work the figures in the fol-
lowing manner: Girth, 6 f.. 8 in,
length, 5 #. 3 in, multiplied makes 33
superficial feet. Now the number of
pounds allowed to each superficial foot
of cattle measuring less than seUes and
more than .fre feet girth, is %, which
multiplied into 33 square feet above
makes 33x23, equals 759 pounds
Where the animal is less than nine and
more than seven feet in girth, 81 is the
number of pounds to each superficial
foot.
Again, suppose pig, or any small
beast, measures two feet in girth and
two feet along the back, which multi
piled together make four square feet;
while multiplied by II (the number of
pounds allowed for each square foot of
animals measuring less than three feet
in girth,) make A pounds.
Again, suppose calf, or sheep, &c.,
to be four feet six inches in girth and
three feet nine inches in length, which
multiplied together make sixteen and a
half square feet; which multiplied by
16, (the number Of pounds allowed for
each square foot of cattle measuring less
than five and more than three feet in
girth) makes 264 pounds. 1t is neces-
sary to remember that a deduction of
Il pounds out Of 280 must be made for
half fatted beast, Ia pounds for a cow
that has had calves, and another pound
for not being properly fat. The praeti-
cal utility of such rule to those who
are not experienced, is our warrant for
its republication.-Jour. Of Ag.
Let Animals have daily Exercise.
The Stock journal says:
"Horses require daily exercise in the
opon air, and can no more be expected
to exist without it than their owners.
Exercise is an essential feature in stable
management, and like well-opportun ed
food, tends alike to preserve the health
of horses. Daily exsrcise is necessary
for all horses unless they are sick; it as
sists and promotes free circulation OF
the blood, determines morbifc matter to
the surface, deyelopes the muscular struc-
ture, creates an appetite, improves the
wind, and finally invigorates the whole
system. We can not expect much of a
horse that has not been habituated to
sufficient daily exercise; while such as
have been daily exercised and well mana
ged, are capable not only of great exer-
) tion and fatigue, but are ready and will
ling to do our bidding at any season
When an animal is oyerworked it ren
; ders the system very susceptible to what
, ever morbid influences may be present
and imparts to the disease they may la
; Dor under an unusual degree of severity
The exhaustion produced by want o.
rest is equally dangerous; such horses
are always among the first victims O.
: disease, and when attacked their treat
ment is embarrassing and unsatisfac
: tory"