The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-02
FARM AND GARDEN.


The Maine Farmer publishes the following
from NJ II G. Burlcigh
AN Inbred thoroughbred is the worst an
imal q farmer can breed from"
| diu not suppose when | made the tore
Going remark ut the close OF the meeting Al
Winthrop that such little spark could DC
famed into such a tremendous blaze. But all
have to say is, let all the breeders oi tA"r
oughbrcds Try on this coat and il II MS, wear
it. made the above statement in good .alth
Il was Intended for those who arc breeding
and not only ill-brcd, but sickly stock, and
sending broadcast all over our country, to dis
appoin, and discourage the uninltlate0, oui
lovers Cf good stock.
WISH to add that Il Grade bull should new.
err be bred from The raising or breeding
from such should never be encouraged by
any AGRICULTURAL society or farmers club
The breeder who breeds from either Of the
above FAMED class is doomed to dsappOint-
iucnt. lie is like the man in the middle OF
ihe DoN / with Il boat, who, taking up one oar,
-ayS: This oar is thoroughbred, no mat
Ter if i is a little too long in the back and
narrow on the lOins, II ! little pinchcd in
The shoulders, his knees are rather near to-
gCthCr, his eyes are sunk in a little, and he
drops Il little too much back of the shoulders
he is a thoroughbred, with pedigree as long
rs the tail Of a comet | think his stock will
he ali right" and he began TO row. Vel, he
rows awhile and soon finds out that ne is
about where he started from having made Il
complete circle. Then he says: :" II | can't
ret ahcld with thoroughbred will try the
uthcr-lO matter if he be Il gradc-he Is a
GOOD oIC; 50 he throws down the thorough
bred alI puts grade into the rOwlOCk on the
ohc: de and pulls with will, for he Is get
ting desperate, but soon, To his utter astonlsh,
mcnt, lie finds he is making the circle the
other way all ready to give up in despair,
gu1d friend suggests to INN to try both
together, the good animal with the good ped
gre, which he does and soon finds himself
MAXIM progress toward the shore. Let cy-
cry bTt der OF thoroughbred stock select ont
of sock what are worthy to breed from,
and tn. others if they be males, casjratc aS
soon a. possible and send the inferior hCtcrS
10 the butchers before they breed, and by
pursuing this course the improvement Of our
stock will not " be put back five years" but
We should see greater improvement than
over BET fore. Every man IS not calculated to
breed thoroughbred stock, but every man who
reeds cattle Should own or patrOnilc first
class thoroughbred bull of some kind. My
worthy friend MlIctt told me at Winthrop
that Il We SOW sCulion seed, We shall raise
solutions every time" and we are just rs sure
TO rai>n ,culiOn calves "cycry time ~ il we
use i'll bed bulls Let our walchWord be i'm
proveuent let every crop be better than the
preceding one, whether it be a crop of hay or
Calvcs-sOW and raise only the best
The breeder Of ShOrthOrnS who made his
boasts that he made his selections from the
iIcrdbnoi. without seeing the animals, had
very tIarcnt ideas from those Of another no
ted breeder, who when asked by the purchaS
rr's sou tor tn bulls pedigree, said, "Tell