The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-28

seances have not yet closed, and the
mediums still persist in their assertion
that they win yet show Kate King"
under the most strict test conditions.
If the spirit of the original "Katie
King" was really materialized through
Florence Cook in London, as Prof.
Wallace and DR.. Crooks both testify,
there is no reason why she cannot APP
pear again but even if the Holmeses
should In time exhibit materialized
spirit, it would not prove that the SKA.
tie King of last summer or this fall
was anything but flesh and blood. The
evidence against them is SO convicting
that it cannot be disproved by future
testimony, which can only relate to the
past by analogy -Phitddelfohi0 Press.
W Cattle Breeding.
He turned his back upon fne-spun
theories and their discussion, combining
his remarks entirely to his own practi-
cal observations. The leading princi-
pie of his argument was the law of ma
ture, like produces like, and that, to Sc
cure healthy, robust, vigorous, active
and s. growtby" calves, it was necessary
to keep their progenitors in the same
condition up to the time of breeding.
Al our improved varieties of vegetables,
the improved breeds of domestic ami
mails all over the country, even the An
glo-Saxon as seen to-day-all were the
result of careful culture, and Just as the
vegetable required constant cultivation
from the germ to maturity, SO the short
horn or any other domestic animal must
be cultivated from its birth to the time
at which it becomes producer.
In order to attain this condition the
animal should have such an amount of
nutritious food as nature required,
should spend at least half Of its life in
the open air with the privilege Of ex-
ercising as much as it wished up to the
time of maturity. After that a change
of food should be made in order to pre-
vent the production of too much flesh
or fat. This he thought desirable,
rather than a reduction in the amount,
! in order to keep the animal at & GER
tain point, The food should be more
nutritious in winter than in summer,
and more nutritious for the nursing
than the dry COW. After the birth Of
the first calf, which should occur wher
the heifer is thirty months old, she
/ should be coupled with the male again
in from sixty to ninety days, and not
sooner, so that she may produce the
second calf just year after the first,
and SO on through her entire breeding
| period. Nine months in twelve was as
long as any COW should give milk. II
/ case the animal became too fat, exercise
and not starvation should be used to re
duce her. Starvation and lack of ex
ercise impaired the constitution and
shortened life labor, with sufficient
food increased muscle, hardened bone
and invigorated the system.
Male animals designed for breeders
should be kept as much as possible il
an open lot, and not in the stable OIL
box stall, should be kept in only in very
bad weather, and then only during the
prevalence of storm. Exercise in the
open air was conducive of strength
while lying on the ground had ten
dency to keep the system cool, which
was necessary when an animal was liv
ing on stimulating food. The male
animal should always be improving
rather than declining, and render bu
one good service, and never more thar
two, in one day.
The introduction of short-horns into
this country has been of almost meas
ureless service in the Improvement O
beef as an article of human food. tt
/ make two blades of grass grow where
one grew before was a grand achieve
ment, bat to make grow five pounds O
beef where three grew before, to i'm
prove its quality and produce 1T in less
time, was a much grander achievements
because it entered into the healthfu
food of man so Immediately. While
the work of the short horn breeder was
too great at present to be estimated, il
was plain that it materially affected the
interests of the next generation.
1t was therefore highly important
that the best means of improving the
herd should be the object of the breed
or. In other words, calves were Of
more value than premiums, and should
be the object desired by every breeder
if it necessitated the withdrawal OF
every short-horn from the showing.
The desire for premium caused breed,
ers to overdo the matter of feeding for
the sake of appearance in the show
ring, to the detriment of theaanimal for
breeding purposes. There was much
more lost by the present mode Of prep
aration for the show-ring than all tie
premiums amounted to. Inconclusion,
/ the speaker cited some twenty of the
most celebrated families in the world
which had never made any appearance
in the showing, having never been
| prepared for more premium purposes.
They were kept in a condition which
would not strike judges Of cattle-shows,
but would transmit their highest and
best qualities to their progeny. If
premiums could not be awarded upon
the basis of the best breeding condition,
they were calculated to do more harra
| than good to the stock.-Duuca1l.
The presentation of shirt by a wo-
man to the man she wants to marry
will cut the heart ont of love. One
young girl tried it, and made her lover
a glistening white shirt with her own
pretty hands. He retired to his board
ing-house, put 1t on, and went straight
way to see and make love to another girl.
Glad in a clean shirt he felt above the
seamstress who had made it, and she
lost his coveted company.-St, Louis
Republican. III - Fl w -
CHARLES JOSEPH BoNAPARTE, a grand