The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-01-30

Wafing for tho following extracts
from . correspondence Of his brother,
Prof VIC. Waring, Of Tyrone, Pa.
now on a horticultural expedition
and visit to France and England:
CATTLE AND MEAT SHOW At HIRE
FORD ENGLAND.
Hereford is a great agricultural
market. The area of fertile soil
around it is large, and its poultry
and meat markets are especially no
ted for beauty, quality and excel
lencc. The manufacture OF fat meat
at as carly ages as possible is the
great business. Everything aids
it, and everything stimulates it, and
the emulation and enterprise are
great. Farmers now make three or
four times the money they formerly
did; but they expend freely for ar
tificial manners, work, etc, to grow
the necessary root crops, and they
buy great deal of Indian corn meal,
and Of mixtures and preparations sold
in vast quantities under the name OF
artificial food, thus consuming all
their hay and straw, which is mostly
cut for the animals, anil all the coarse
grain anu grass IN the production Of
which this generous climate seconds
the efforts of the farmers generously
The farms are now generally large
many Of them have four or five diff
erent barns and stcadings, that for,
merly were on separate farms. The
farmer now, although renter, is d
great man, commanding troops o.
well-drilled servants or wnrkmen
who:are exceedingly reverent Of bis
orders, and tho r-~rc 90 as few o.
none now live in the great houses
but in tho cottages around.
In some respects this is bad for the
laboring classes, yet the condition
and prospects are rapidly impro-
wing.
Well, = few days before Christmas
there is great show of fat animals at
Hereford, and it is an admiration to
. practiced eye 70 see this grandest
Of the grand produce of the stalls.
After that Is i meat show, and the
admiration is mnltifold. II IS hard to
decide whether breeder. iatter, or
butcher is entitled to the most praise.
Great MOSES of beautiful clean fat.
with muscle skilfolly cut and shown,
so tender because 80 young; 80 free
from coarseness and bone, because so
we'll bred; so bright with glossy
leaves, ribands and other decorations
because it is Christmas. Many are
shown in whole carcasses aud the
are gashed SO as to alter
nate coIors Of FIT and muscle, and in
some cases / noticed q tuft of wool
left on the end Of the tail, 1--WE or six
inches long and wide, and blcached
to look like fine pearly silver.
HEREFORD POULTRY MARKET.
All this is hoshing--that is To say
It Is coarse and rustic, compared with
The exceeding richness, taste and or
in the ladies' market--thc
poultry market--which has become
thc fame and boast Of Hereford; for
probably no other city in the world
shows similar display. 1t is only
# late years that the excessive COM
petition and decoration have come
INTO vogue. Geese are fed up 10 Is
II even Is lbs, and few to 20. Their
BROOD breasts arc picked clean as
'hild's fair akin, and if anywhere dis
'olored warm applications are made
Q secure tho favorite uniform low
vhite color. The great uniforp sAs
laafn -ia-aA...A-L~at great
art Of the breast; the giblets, etc,
re artistically tucked into the |
qually nicely folded wings, and the |
lead is brought round and skewed to
me side Of all. Prize fowlsare noun
ed on little blocks or stools, covered |
With bright embroidered napkin or |
ven laco, With . wreath Of flowers,
n leaves. or out paper, or pure white |
oft down. Turkies look grand thus |
lcvsted, and up to % and 24lbs, or
'amented with gold blotched leaves |
+ aucuba, variegated boz, 'vnriegated |
oily, berries, artificial Of natural |
lowers and tholesses q few of the
cry finest color and form) are laid
N so as to be Perfectly separate and |
ingle, and tc show the skin more eff |
ayd those are often bright
ned by vanishing and even gliding. |
1ery large prixers arc annually CON-
'sted for at the annual show, and fees |
re charged for admittance; twol
killings ct the beginning, to give the |
lppef folks = chance to see the show |
Without being famed up and crushed |
ythe s.lowcr classcs" then one shil- |
ihg and finally six pence or less.--
here are three recognized classes |
Iere, and all rail- Dads, carriages, |
'ublic rooms, stos provide separate |
eatsor places for each selecting them |
8 the amount paid,
CHRISTMAS DoINGs.
Christmns trees are not common;
nut SAW somc ornamented with gilt |
oil, white and pink streamers,
toys and candies. Every
ne puts holly and ivy about the win
lows and among the brasses on the
nantle-piece, and boys and girls go
ound singing the samo carols as of
'orc, and very pretty It's to hear
many Of them. The children come
n duos and trios Of rosy chubby