The Placer herald., 1873-11-22
HOUSE AND "a X NJ.
DEVON AND sEoRr.HORN cows.

on COW WITH The short lforl buH. L" ei-
ther way. they have made Larger return,
and paid So! their meat much better thdh
She pure Devon; but ly far the greatest
SUCCESS has been to commence with lie Dew
OH or native COW aud pure Short-iior bull,
and forever after using the Short Horn bull.
have also used the Devon ball Oh the
cross from the Devon COW and Short Horn
bull; but the progeny rapidly declined, and
no trace Of tie Short Horn re NAMED. In
these days OF great consumption aud high
prices il does not pay TO stick 10 stock The
breed Of which requires four or five years 10
III ture; but | am firmly Of opinion that if
pure Short. Horn bulls were used on the ma
live cows and their crosses in the different
districts Of the United Kingdom for Il few
years, our beef supplies would be doubled.
Many farmers have a giea; horror Of cross
ing their stock, whilst others admit that the /
rst cross is all that they could wish, but
after that it is all gone goose with the next
generation. OF such ! would ask, Have
YOU ever tried? and if so, How? and, |
Niih what object in view? My theory has
always been--and practice and observation !
have fully borne me out-that we can make
almost anything We Ike Of onr hocks and
herds in few Years, by fully adhtring TO
pure male aninals Of the kind we wish them
TO resemble. Ii beef our oljec', use
pure Eigh class, Short Horn bulls always;
never lay any chance or pre- ense use cross
bred bull, even if he lie the best animal YOU /
en- procure, and il tle cross were only oc
dozen generations back. 1t is the use Of
cross-tred males on tioss-b ed females that
has made so many people dist usIful of any
I'm tho fryt |, "a, ,x- oIr |
The using Of pure bred 81 ort- Horn bulls hy
which do not exclusively m an those fan
cy-priced beasts thai figure so prom menllv
in the agricultural periodicals, but ones Sc
lecied from u good herd, where pedigree
sires have lcen used for at least twenty
years on COWS of undoubted Short Horn
blood, and that have not been allifically
forced. il is not difficult II purchase hun
dreds Of such at reasonable prices.
MAKING C.ws MILK EASY In the name
Of common sense. what has the moon 10 do
with cows ieais? When was boy the
moon and Il e ''sisns" had hold of many
peoples minds, but have operated (emas-
cui,.;ed them) on lambs, and done every
thing in defiance Of all these old superst-
tons, proving their utter absurdity ! he
cause of cows icing hard or easy mixers is
owing to the construction of the vessels Civ
ing Vent to The milk; but il is better TO give
the moon credit for IA cure than TO have fool
i-h operations perIormcd; for they are usc-
less and cruel and idiolic. Ghosts, witches
forcte.lmg OF events and dreaming to mean
aHghl for good or evil, is all Of p.ece with
consulting moon stars, and these extreme
toilies ought TO he buried in ohlivion's deep
est pif wilh mil-evil, holow-hor and swee-
ny. By.the-bv. | saw nice four-ypai-
Old m.,re which, from rapid drive on the
streets Of Tie CITY, had "a sp!iut come. and
lnntd her in starting; an American horse
doctor aac,ibed the Eme"ess TO something
tie matter N the (; or aud II man rom Eu
gland, am ashamed to say, blis,ered her
ON the shoulder She was iurueh to grass
and not worked, and is now we'll the blister
gaining The credit, When it might as well
have been put on her tail. So it is, in nine
cases out Of ten, among iguoralt, mool
struck men or women, whatever happens TO
be done the moon gains the credit. Warts
for instance, will leave Of their own accord
if lie alone; but EGYe known men TO rub
the warts with "A snail and hang the slug on
thorn, and hy The time the snail had vast
Ell away the wart was to die away too
Mil>ilg easy or hard is Transmitted by
cows oiheir offspring; and even through
tle bull to he'ftrs of his stock; for thy
viii l,e easy or hard mixers as his dam was
unless counteric,ed by the cow he mates
with; III Short this is hereditary, jnst the
same as good milking qualities, or in respect
TO quantity and quality of milk. don't
claim 10 be above mediocri;y, but think at
ten ycnrs Old knew the moon had naught
TO do with the frames or blood of animals
Fifty years remembrance of dairy COWS in
the lest dairy districts n England, and
among the herds Of several States here,
show the singular tendency to lelieve ride
ulous tales OF the cures Of imaginary evils,
etc.
A WoRKINd FARMER.
SAVE THE Best Fowls FOR BREEDING -
!: IS lie worst possible policy TO kill all the
best and handSonest fowls, and save only
the mean and s>raggy ones TO breed from.
Illis il llr,tisely the way to run Ou. yOur