The Red Cloud chief., 1878-10-10

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Their" b, u notion prevalent among
many ui those who, having escaped 81
freed Themselves from the ttammr.s ut
breeding iur pedigree, and turned their
attention Ia the personal properties of
the animal, that IL d. impossible { per.
mancuti, combine milk aud flesh They
admit that occasionally ,"u will lind =
%graIicr'> COW the first class filling
the ~dalrymnn's pail, or a prime dairy
COW becoming the dam uf prim" steers
but th-y say. with much truth, that
great production ~ milk, ~ a rule. -
found in connection with u narrow
wedgr-likc fore end. "A high aud thin
chine, and ligh, thighs; and tina, ~ YOU
increase the width ~ chest and the de-
yelupmcnt of flesh in crops aud rounds.
YOU lose the milk They have in then
favor the experience IL every one who
j. a Judge al "A dairy cow. and against
such "A weight of in~cnn,rs,ihlr evidence
IL IL difficult Ia rcpl, nor dc "" attempt
Ia dispu,. their position. :" far The
rul. must be- granted but the art II
breeding il Ia win from nature new
rules out III happy exceptions, and this
il Ia be done hy working upon the
principle of selection.
We have seen in the sam" COW ~
many instances, all that dairy man, era
zicr or butcher could desire. We haN,
seen. also, in MANY instances. such a
row producing her like; aud II this oc.
| ours in exceptional eases, which are not
rare. We may surely hope that 10y q
careful exercise If mans judgment II
may hr made Ia occur still uficu"r, aui
To become eventually (nndcr continued
| careful hrecding) ~ powerful "A law ~
| that which separates dairy aud grain.
| cattle into diarrcn, classes. IN this I"
spcct, We fear "" must own, ia" mnv
mcnt of short horn breeders. upon III,
whole. has been r"t~rogradiug within The
last fifty wears. We have lost mu,h 81
what IA" early breeders gained sup
pose we Try Ia ccoyc IL, IL So. ~
must go back 70 their practice, rcl"ut
lesslv weed out alike all had mixer
all narrow-chr~trd hrutcs, and all ba,
thrivcrs, and aim Ia make each suc
cecding generation better than the last
II j. worth while Ia enquire why milk
crs are usually w"dgy and shelly, an,
whyssbroad-huilt, wealthy are u~u
ally no mixers; and il there any u"ccs
sary connection between the @dg.
form and milk. the parallclogrnm an
inability Ia milk The true answer. W,
believe. must remind u that where IN.
milking tendencies nave been oncour
aged. milk alone. not beef. having bee
the object 81 the breeder. the frame Il
carry beef ha, been utterly neglected
moreover. excessive milking through 81"
eral generations, draining tn. animal
system. may impair the vital organ
and cause the frame Ia III itscli Ia th"i
reduced SIZE.
On the other hand. where beef ha
been the main dosidoratum, AL tn
breeders skill has been concentrated i
an effort tn produce it, and milk. treat
ed ~ Of secondary considerable
or Of 40 consideration At al
has decreased and almost disappeared
The early short-horn breeders made IN
Strongest effort Of which W are awar
In the history Of stock breeding in an
country Ia produce "A combined milkin
and beef growing animal, and they n
tanned to q measure Of success whic
we. in these DAYS. IL we were sufficien'
ly skilled and sufficiently careful, bull,
ing upon their work. might even sul
pass. BELTS Messenger Eng