Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-02-16

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Igentle in training steers SO that they may
feel that you are their friend. Allow nc
fractions or profane man to use your oxen
it may cause an irreparable damage to the
poor dumb beasts. Keep your steers well
they will well repay.
| Mr.. Goodhue being asked gave as an es-
innate Of the increase of steers in value
year by year, the following;
Match your steers when yearlings as you
can better then than when calves fore.
tell the future OK, and you will get match
ed pair Of good promise at the cost O
S25.oo, and ordinarily they will gain in
value $50 per year if well cared for.
Value at 2 years of age, $500
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pastured after spring work and rendered
thereby fit for market beef, S225.00
These, if the labor Of the oxen upor
the farm pays for their keeping and in
terest, as it richly will for all farmers who
must have oxen to carry on their lands
then here is an income Of $50 per year
and perhaps more, as the work Of the
farm may warrant the keeping and turn
ing off oxen trianuually Or even yearly
Some Of the farmers thought that oxen
well trained of perfect docility, working
without driver in the plough field as well
as with one, costing nothing for harness
except wooden yoke and iron chains, last
ing for years, paying by their growth for
their food, not worn out or liable by acct.
dent to becoming dead loss to the own
er, like horse, but ready to be turned to
beef at any time, would perform as much
work as pair of horses at much less ex-
pense, and for all work except for road
travel the cheapest team farmer can use.
Mr.. NJ. w. Davis thought it might pay
to raise steers without regard to paying
their keeping by work. In case of the
thorough bred stock the demand was such
that our river farmers would find similar
profit to that realized in keeping the i'm
proved Merino.
Mr.. N. Fisher, with others, here gave
some OF the points by which promising
steer could be selected, and the character
istics of different breeds with their adap-
tiveness to our locality. 1t appeared that
the Devons are unequalled for being easily
matched, good workers, quick Of step, full
of pluck. They easily fatten and do not re-
quire the large amount Of food necessary
for the Durhams. The Durhams are large
and symmetrical, but require too much
feed for our Vermont pastures. The Al
dernys are priced for their milking quail
ties, not for the quantity, but for the ver Y
rich and creamy quality Of the milk, (see
account of the Alderney bull bought by the
farmers of Westminster last week in Joint
stock company for Improvement of dairy
stock, printed elsewhere.) From the ex.
celent remarks of Mr. N. Fisher, Mr.. 1.
N. Farr, S. Grout, and a lucid COMMUNE
cation for the club from our venerable
co-worker and friend Maj. Page, whose
pen and heart is with the club, though his
age and health forbids his bodily presence
together with the statistics handed the
Secretary by vote of the club, the follow
ing points Of good animal are made out :
When the steer is fat, you see square
and beautiful outline, pleasant blending
lot colors, plumpness and roundness Of
body, glossy smoothness of skin, gentle
countenance, fnll, round expressive eye
you feel a seftness from the flesh. The
purity Of breed would be seen by the def
mite color or colors of the skin, the un
haired skin Of the nose, around the eye
being without spots, the horns should b,
small and tapering. Ha
The nearer the section of the frame o
an OK is to a parallelogram, viewing from,
rear, upon the side or from above, tn
greater amount of flesh it will have to
given bulk. Hence the back should b
straight from the top of the shoulders t
the tail, the tail falling at right angles I
the back, the buttocks well filed out, tn
brisket extending to line dropped froI
the middle of the neck, the belly bein
straight in length, round sidewise and we
filed at the TANKS, the ribs being roun
and starting horizontally and at right al
giles 20 the back. The loin bones lonI
broad, fat, and well filed.
A round bone in 4 lean OK is not 4
promising for feeding well and takin
flesh q the reverse No flesh or lumE
of fat should be about the head. The nee
should be small from the back of the hea
to the middle of the neck. Tho bone Of