The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-16
DAILY PRESS.
PORTLAND
Monday Morning, August l6' 1869.
Republican Nominations
FOR GOVERNOR
JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN,
lLetter from Manchester, EpglaDd.l
The Royal Agricultural, Show of Eng-
suud.
IContinued from Saturday.l
OF BRUNSWICK.

[Letter from Manchester, Epgland.l
The Royal agricultural Show of ENG
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lContinued from Saturday.
Foolish people who fancy or breed the
short.horns will have it that the Herefords
have got their qualities by cross stolen
from this breed. One glance of an expert
enced eye win dispel that notion. The Here
fords ARE like the Devons, except they are
larger, fatter, and have horns that hint
cross with the improved long horn. But
there is no need for the crossing theory at all.
These animals are what the pastures of Here
ford have made the oil native breed that
Caesar found here; just as the weold of Sus-
sex, the hills of Moth Devon, Wales and
Scotland, the rich pastures of Durham and
York. and the fancies and the necessities Of
the lord and peasant have created varieties of
a race that have many unmistakable points
in common. When people get over the be-
lief in crosses they will begin to understand
how breeds are formed. rs
There Is also fine show of Deyons; and
as / looked at them, old times came back
when hunted up the cows among those far
off hills of Maine that have not seen for
over twenty years. There can be no doubt
that large majority OF the cattle taken to
New England in the early settlement came
from Devon and vicinity, and are identical
with this gtock, now, however, greatly i'm
proved. To make this identity more perfect,
or to prove how tenaciously our fathers chung
to old habits, all the animals there had-unlike
any other-the brass ball on the horns that
was, and dare say is, so commonly seen in
work oxen in Maine. Furthermore red and
good work OK was called with US a "Deyon-
SHIRE" Our native cattle show also much
Hereford and Pembroke-once a fine breed
blood. All this proves that it is by no
means very much of a mongrel or an inferior
stock. If our farmers knew that selection
is the trick that does the business, and nevel
crossed and confined to naive pastures, they
would soon wonderfully improve the cattle O
Maine. The number of Devons shown i:
less than the Herefords; and, valuable as i:
this breed, / think it is losirg ground In com.
parison with Herefords and short-horns
Yet in size and other points they will always
remain unrivalled in the pasture to whicl
they are adapted. Her Majesty.takes second
prize with yearling heifer that though
when saw her as calf could not be beat
Yet she is by Richard Buxton's "Daisy.'
This stock has, in color and general appear
earance, much of samensss; and the Deyon,
are so pure breed, and breed SO true to type
that little can be said of them, save that
soould think that in the attempt to emulate
the Herefords in fat the milking qualities had
been sacrificed. This is one mistake of mod
ern breeding. Early maturity may pay, fol
all know, but it Injuries, in time, the breed
There is a good show of Attorneys. These
cattle have been taken TO America, but i
should be well understood by the farmer tha
they are only bred for their rich milk for thos
who can afford it. never heard of dair,
farmer keeping one. They are good for wha
they are intended; and for nobleman Il
have few in his park is considered the thing
But no man keeps one to help pay his rem
and support his family. Besides all Of tn
genuine bred are that deer shape that is tn
very opposite of beef getter. To man o
wealth, who has young children, they arr
most valuable; and to breed them pure il
America for such purpose might pay, but fol
no other purpose. Three aged bulls were
shown. One is splendid type of the AL
deney, and is bred by Mr.. Blamheld of ST
Villiers in Jersey. The other two that taxi
the prizes are, in my opinion, half bred, ant
the breeders are unknown. Among the cow
the breeding was more to the point; anl
Philip Godin OF st. Vllliers, Jersey, took the
first prize with three year old Of the true
type. The same man came in first and sec
ond for hefers in milk.
There was no Kyloss shown, much to th,
disappointment of everyone, myself especial
ly, who had never seen but one specimen o
this valuable breed. was the more disap
pointed as wished to particularly describ
them, believing them to be that breed of al
Others to which the farmers of Maine shoul
give most attention. They make the bes
beef of any cattle, are easily reared, are yer
hardy and can live in your climate in th
winter. BY Aliens recent work on America
cattle, find that they are unknown in Amer
lea. Their acquaintance should be made a
once. The one saw a year or two since wa
the perfection of a marbled beef getting ami
NAL.
There was fine show OF Ayrshires. Thes
are, without doubt, good mixers; but the,
are of a weak color, and would not pa,
the passage Of the best one have ever seer
to America for her. A good deal of fuss il
made over them, and tney do well enough OIL
their naive soil; but to take them all the
way to America is absurd. do not find on
the other hand that Americans ever look into
Yorkshire and Durham among the unimprov
ed snort-horns for dairy COWS. Several o
these were shown, and better animals wer,
not to be looked for. They are good In size
give large quantity of good milk, and thel
fatten well for the butcher. The ol,
Yorkshire cow is the one the dair
farmer Of America wants.
/ She is Improved enough for him, and is th
most profitable animal he can have; and it i
surprising to me that she has been so muel
overlooked, while such a milk-and-wate
looking thing as the Ayrshire should be rui
after. The Yorkshire Cow is a true and pur
breed, very hardy and little inferior to the i'm
proved short-horns which spring from 1t
The polled (no horned) cattle of Angus and
Galloway were few in number; but they were
splendid in quality. While the Highlanders
fed on the pastures near London, furnish
that market, the polled cattle furnish this
part of the kingdom with its choicest beef
They are larger than the Highlanders and (
little fatter, and the breeders have fancy t.
breed these cattle black, and have the sheds
fences, and all surrounding them psintet
black. One is therefore surprised to find th'
skin so mellow; as we expect black cattle, a
rule to be hard in handling. shs
Two Welsh bulls were shown and answer
ed very inuch the purpose of an ugly govern
ess in setting offa young lady. What the Ted
dys who sent them expected, goodness onl
knows. -ss
The gentleman who sent Keny bull wol
our gratitude; for more perfect animal wa
never seen. About the size of yearling call
he has all the strong points of the mole Of th,
bovine race Three cows of this breed wer'
also shown; and judging from what 1 saw O.
them for the first time, they must be very val
liable to the small family who want fail
quantity of good milk for home consumption