The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-29
PLANTATION TOPICS.
BREEDING.

| BREEDING.
There is too much truth in the charge
that many farmers and breeders O
stock are content with merely knowing
that stallion is a horse, 3. boar IS {
hog. and rat,i Is a sheep. They know
nothing and care as little about the
"points" and "blood" in stock, and
not unfrequently will charge that all
the talk about those principles is mere
moonshine, and they can do Just as well
without paying any attention thereto
that they know good animal when
they see it os well as your best judges,
and they would not thank any one to
Judge an animal for them. Too many
of this class of men, when they wish to
increase their herd, resort to scrub
male in preference to a thoroughbred,
because Of the difference in the price
Of service; Especially is this true as
to the stallion hbm which they breed !;
and as for buying or breeding to an
animal Of anquestioned purity o{biood,
that never entered into their heads,
We are glad to believe, however, that
this class is gradually growing less each
year, under the influence of social re-
formatory processes and more light
pouring in among the great mass of
farmers and breeders; and no effort
should be spared to reduce the number
to almost none. Let few stand as
mile posts and warnings to others; to
show the ERRORS IF such course.
;, Upon this IMPORTANT point the Prairie
FARMER has some good suggestions APP
pended, saying: Breeding continues,
as it ever must, tooccupy the attention
of those interested In stock. Skill,
science, and sound judgment invaria-
bly,, when combined in the breeding Of
animals meet their due reward. Money
cannot purchase success, as the price
willingly paid for successful breeding
is sufficient to stimulate all to their ut
most to attain prosperity. +
That any one can lay down 6 laws
for breeding that mtist result in siic-
cess In all cases, is ridiculous. That
any man can; from the breed of any
animal, positively assert that he is to
be superior to all others Of same age
and class is equally preposterous
There is no doubt about one thing
that known purely high-bred, tried
families, with fine make, shape, and
action, train on and cut up much better
than any mans judgment could detect,
without q knowledge of the breed of
such families.
Some men of great practical expert
snce will tell you, all horses that are
thoroughbred have an equal chance.
This is a great fallacy. Stout hearts,
rood dispositions and constitutions are
ne6essaiS training b test
heir stamina.
The very finest and best bred horses |
n the world, without true formation,
Iction, soundness, and stamina, cannot |
compete successfully with those pos
essing these qualifications.
Then it seems rational that breeders
# horses should not blunder on in the
lark. They should study to breed
rom highly proved stations with true
ormatish and sbtiimetry, &ithot!f
which the action cannot be true and
zsting, and inasmuch as the stallion, in
line cases out of ten, moulds the
power of the produce, both
8 to size and true formation, how re-
uisite it is that the original should be
erfect in this respect, as well as stout,
God and highly-descended, with all
Their good qualifications. Many of
ur best horses, possessed of brilliant
peed, courage, and stamina, are hot
dapted to hand these qualities, with
ny degree of certainty, down to their
fspring, unless very carefully exam
ned before they are made bcastA fat,
nd their weak points oo,intefacted BY
eng crossed with certain strains of
lood known not to possess their
iiosyncrasies-i. e., peculiarities of
smper, disposition, formation, sound
ess, etc.-Rrol San.
FATTENING CHICKENS. T.
1t is hopeless to attempt to fat len
hickens while they are at liberty.
hey must be put up In a proper coop,
nd this, like most other appurtenances,
eed not be expensive. To fatten
Tenty fowls, coop may be three feet
ing, eighteen inches high and eigh-
zen inches deep, made entirely of bars.
70 part solid, neither top side nor bot.
I'm. Discretion must be used, &C
ording to the size of the chickens put
p. They do not want any room, in
eed, the closer they are the better,
rovided they can stand up at the
lme time. Care must be taken to
ut up such as have been accustomed j
} be together, or they will fight. If
ne is quarrelome, it is better to re-
love it at once, as, Ike other bad ex-
nples, it soon finds imitators. Dis
ased chickens should never be put
The food should be ground oats, and
ay either be put up in a trough OF
4 flat board running along the front
the coop. 1t may be mixed with
alter or milk, the latter is the better.
should be well soaked, forming
Zip as loose as can be, provided it
,es not run off the board. They
ust be well fed three of four times a
~, the first time as soon after day
'eak as may be possible or convent
It, and then at intervals of folr