The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-01-08
Cattle Breeding.

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 prinei-
pie of his argument was the law of ma
ture, like produces like, and that, to Sc
cure healthy, robust, vigorous, active
and "growthy" calves, it was necessary
to keep their nrogenitors 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 it's birth to the time
at which it becomes a producer.
In order to attain this condition the
animal should have such an amount OF
nutritious food SIS nature required,
shonld 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 a 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 when
the heller 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. In
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 in
an open lot, and Not in the stable or
box stall, should be kept in only in very
| bad weather, and then only during the
| prevalence of q 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 but
one good service, and never more than
tive, in one day.
The introduction of short-horns into
this country has been of almost meas
ureless service in the improvement of
| beef as an article of human food. To
make two blades of grass grow where
| one grew before was q grand achieve
ment, bat to make grow five pounds of
| beef where three grew before, to i'm
prove its quality and produce it in less
| time, was much grander achievement,
because it entered into the healthfuT
| food of man SO Immediately. While
the work of the short-hOrn breeder was
too great st present to be estimated, it
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
er. 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 a premium caused breed
ers to overdo the matter of feeding for
the sake of appearance in the show
ring, to the detriment of the animal for
breeding purposes. There was much
more lost by the present mode of prep
aration for the showing than all tie
premiums amounted to. In conclusion,
the speaker cited some twenty of the
most celebrated families in the world
which had never made any appearance
in the show-ring, having never been
prepared for more premium purposes.
They were kept in condition which
would not strike judges If 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 harm
than good to the stock.-Duncan.
THE presentation of a shirt by wo-
man to the man she wants to marry |
will cut the heart out of love. One |
young girl tried it, and made her lover |
glistening white shirt with her own
pretty hands. He retired to his board
ing-house, put it on, and went straight
way to see and make love to another girl.
Clad in clean shirt he felt above the
seamstress who had made it, and she
lost his coveted company.-St. Louis
CHARLES JOSEPH BoNAPARTE, a grand
son of Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson Bona
parte, of Baltimore, and grand nephew
of the first consul of France, has been
to practice at the bar of the
court of appeals. He is said
to resen bic Napoleon Bonaparte more
than any other member of his family. !
THIS is the way the Pella 0owa)
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ire interested, sponge on your local {
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