Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-01

lar that enabled him to bring the Kentol
Shorthorns, to a state of excellence u"nrivall
ed in their day. 1t is impossible to describ
the kindly feeling which is conveyed to tn
senses by the handling Of a first-rate Short
horn, yet the knowledge Of it is absolutel,
necessary for a breeder to possess before h
can bring his hand to any high state Of ex
cellence. ]"
The next point to be, considered is TIN
crop, in the shape of which,, width of bacl
and roundness of the rib, but in a less de
gree, should be continued forward. so as tt
leave no hollow between the shoulders. Th'
shouldersion the outside should nave a rol
of fat from the lower to the upward part 0
it; the nearer to the top, the more closely
connects the crop and the collar in front o
the shoulder together. In the anatomy 0
the shoulder modern breeders have made
great Improvement ON the, Kelton Short
horns by correcting the defect in the knuek
lie or shoulder point, and1by laying the toy
Of the shoulder more isnugly into the crop
and thereby filing up the hollowbehind it
This is an important improvements, but i
may be questioned whether tile great atten.
ton that has been paid to this has not beer
attended by the neglect OF ome other more
valuable parts, for we now.seldom findthose
long headquarters so peculiar to the Kentou
Shorthorns.. Shoulders should be rather
wide at the top; that is they should not be
close to, nor be quite as high as the wethers,
for when they are narrow at the top they
never become properly, covered with fat.
The breast should come out from between
the; fore-legs and extend down to within two
or three inches of the, knee joint, and its
width should never be lost sight,of.. Anall-
imal with a wide back and a wide breast
cannot fail to have substance, fore-flanks,
wide fqre-leges, and other Indications Of a
strong and vigorous constitution, A wide
and fat breast should extend itself through
the fore-legs towards the udder in rolls Of
fat. The flank should be tull and easily
found by the unhert fingers without having
to Lift up the flank, or close the fingers to
find. the fat---it should drop into, the, fingers
as it were. .tor ,f 44e
These observations have been confined to
feeding propensities only, without any re-
gard to the dairy. 1t is notorious and much
to their dstriment that many Of the most
superior Shorthorns do. not possess qualities
well suited to the dairy. The annual loss
to the breeder on each COW not suited to the
dairy is very great ;,When VIZ see that of ten
COWS consuming an equal quantity of food,
u gives six gallons of milk. daily, and the
other ten gallons. This loss, in. milk will
require much gain in beef to compensate for
it. Cows for the dairy require to be of the
same shape and possessed of the same feed
ing propensities as are described above, with
the addition Of a well-shaped uddea. When
in full milk, the udder should be capacious
and tl~esh-colored, with teats standing square
and at q distance from each other, the hind
part Of the udder appearing as if it proceed
ed from the twist; and. as. it is the fore-teats
that give the most milk, the milk-veins un-
der the belly should be large and full. There
is no test to determine before hand whether
a COW will give good milk or bad, but it is
at all times very essential to rear bulls out
OF COWS that are descended from a family Of
good mixers.
A constant attention to the selection Of
the br ceiling animals will bring back the
shorthorns to something like their original
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