The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-08
Animal Propensities Of Mankind Yer.
sus Improvement of Stock.
Spartanburg Spartan.

A familiar sight in barn.yard on the
introduction of new animal to the herd
is to see all the herd first scent and then
critically view the new.co conner; next in
order all the herd take turn in horning
the newcomer and the fracus ends with
a promiscuous horning among all the
herd. After all is quiet it will be seen
that the newcomer has few friends and
more are added daily until the new.com.
er becomes zone of u.s." In general
among the herd-this is the british
propensity of animals. When q man
brings a new breed of stock to the
neig hborhood and a great many people
call to take a critical view of the new
conner while number of his neighbors
have staid at home and formed their
opinions and set themselves to horning
the new enterprise with the dissenting
visitor, who has merely seen the new
stock. At the next gathering of the
neighbors the new stock is made the
subject for all the cheap wit and the en-
tertaioing gossip on this subject and is
equaled only by the promiscuous horning
among the herd in the barnyard. This
is the animal propensities yet 10 be found
lurking in some of the specimens of
mankind.
A COW gets her head fastened under
the barn and bawls out, or pig gets his
head in the crack of the fence and
squeas out. Immediately all The herd
rushes upon the poor unfortunate victim
that is soon to be gored or trampeled to
death, unless by chance rescued by the
owner. This is also another british
propensity of animals. An enterprising
man starts new machinery or some other
enterprise involving considerable
amount of money and for the want of
patronage, (which in all probability has
been kept away by prejudice) "squeals
out" q little. All his creditors immedi-
at~ly pounce upon, gore and trample the
unfortunate victim out, unless by chance
he is rescued by a friend. This is another
illustration of the animal yet in man.
kind.
A hog will trample under foot and
destroy upnoticed the most beautiful
fowera in a meadow, simply because
they are not good to eat; this is the an.
imal that is in the hog. I saw crabid
looking couple step up to pair of beau
tiful Pheasants on exhibition and ask the
owner if they were good to eat. Thef
owner replied that he hardly thought O.
eating pair of birds whose selling value
was $50, and the old |. mans reply was
that he saint got no use for them things"
this is the hog that is mankind.
The moral of the foregoing, is that
mankind is of higher order than other
animals and is susceptible of highest
development. Barbarism is his lowest
state and progress mall its improvements
in his only safegard against dead
standstill. Let the farmers watchword
be onward and upward in all things that
have any show of progress. Improved
breeds of stock and improved machinery
and implements and modes of farming
never did any country any harm. If one
breed of stock does not suit you, there is
plenty to choose from, and the same may
be said of machinery. Do not denounce
anything that has a semblance of i'm.
provement in it. Some farmers who
used to laugh at the idea of riding aud
moving and reaping or plowing, are now
anxiously seeking these luxuries of the
age and I now see number of people
breeding Jersey cattle that stood around
our Jerseys only few years ago and
ridiculed them and their owner. One
man told me that he had COW that only
cost him SIS, that he would not give me
for one Of my 5000 Jerseys. Now this
same man is injoying hot Jersey fever,
with nice herd of Jerseys. What a
change time does make.
j. G. STRIBL1NG,
Pendleton, S. G..