The Red Cloud chief., 1890-05-30
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
FANCY vs.

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We oil have our fsncies a. 10 color In
cattle. Some admire . roam, others red.
With Hereford breeders red with white
face Il orthodox. and with Angusmen
black and oil black IL their creed. Color
may 10 called . fancy; 10 Il Ia Ex.
psricnce says you may follow your fancy
% long - IL Ia not prejudicial 70 the
animal That the Angus and the Devon
breed true 70 color Is certainly not an
objection. That tho Heref0rds aro bet.
ter. except for the sake Of uniformity,
by being 80 uniformly marked. wa doubt.
as In u boyhood days. In the carly
fortys, we we'll remember the grays
shown by knight and Heath and Lord
Hatherton.
That the Short-IIorn has suffered
much from the rod craze can not DO dc.
MED. Experience says nothing has
done the breed more harm In these lat.
ter days than this foolish desire for red.
Fortunately we have escaped this
Ssss So - BtVoS uUSoSuUo III NoU1uWS
but whore II has been carried To tho tx.
treme, rs In Kentucky and the West,
there the cattle have dcte~riorsted.
Their hair Ii harsh and wiry, having
lost that messy and beavcr.like under.
coat. such ~ Ia indicative Of feeding
p~ropcnsities. II Ii admitted on all sides
that rOans are superior A. feeders.
Then why docs fancy run riot? Lack
OF uniformity In color? What . fallacy!
Experience says II IL better to be- uni.
forfDly good. though Of various cOlors,
than uniformly bad and oil Of one color.
Tho Jersey men toll us the craze or
fancy for solid colors, black tongue and
black switch, nearly destroyed tho use.
full qualities which first brought the
breed into prominence. In horns there
Is another fancy; some say lot us have .
good strong horn. a. II II an indication
Of constitution. The Angus men retort
you do not want any. while the Here.
ford and tho Ayrshire breeders like .
certain shape.
Many u good animal have Wa seen dis.
carded At fairs. thrown out FOR . heavy
horn. perhaps placed behind . light
feshy n with adSlicatc steers horn, the
other carrying many pounds more beef
and In tho most valuable parts. The
head In worth but o few cents on the
block. but OF the living animal what an
index To the value for breeding pur.
poses! II IL said Mr.. Batos fell in love
with Belvedere on seeing his head
thrust through On open window. and do.
tcrmined to buy him At any cost. What
ere the fancies? In females the most
common is the objection to . thick or
mcaty pouch near tho Jaws, or what In
horses would be called tho throat-iatch.
Fancy asks that they shall be we'll cut
up or In other words, tho setting on Of
tho head must DO slight and slim. Yct
expt ricnce says that II II an indication
OF . good feeder rather than . defect,
Ind will never be found on . thin.feshed.
ill.thriving boast.
The fallacy regarding the heads OF
bulls Is that generally advocated by
young and inexperienced judges. Elk.
perience says the head OF the male must
10 masculine. approaching ~cosrseness
rather than the opposite. II 10 even NO
In the human race. Where are the
pretty mon? When you ind them they
arc generally too indolsnt TO know how
70 amuse themselves.
Again. or viewing an animal with an
abnormslly large brisket how often We
hear the remark: "WhAt . great bris.
ket" forgetting that II 1t IL out Of pro.
portion to tho loin and ribs II IL . dctri.
rather than . point Of cxcellcncc.
All parts should be evenly balanced.
aud whore UIO unduly predominates IL
IL not IN advantage, and whom II occurs
In one OF those parts Of tho animal whcrc
tho beef IL Of the least value, ~ In the
brisket. II 10 still more Objectionable.
Experience says . long. prominent
briskst sdds to the weight Of low.prtced
beef. whereas q broad, deep chest indi.
Gates Q strongly-constituted. vigorous
animal. Tho shoulder, though one Of
the most important parts Of the animal.
In not often troubled with the fancy
pcculiarities, though no doubt many Of
uS have heard the remark: what .
great front, ~ wide ~ . barn" II We
examine this wonder closely We snail
zee . wide. prominent, rough shoulder.
looking ~ II II had boon stuck ON after.
ward by . very poor workman. Export
once points out that ON standing In
front Of the animal the shoulder points
should DO completely covered by the
neck vein. gradually swelling out like
bows Of . ship, without any protuber.
ancc or hollows until It IL sunk or grad.
ually absorbed by the chest, chine and
ribs. ~ that n eye can not detect
where the ends or the other bcginx
The shoulder itself should be smooth,
equally covered with flesh. not put on
In rolls ~ 50 often seen. u II true that
from tho neck and shoulders do not
rome tho choicest cuts. but every
butcher knows that thcrc u . lot Of
difference between the quality Of
meat In tho fore quarter, the rough.
plain shoulder yielding but little except
boiling pieces; whereas most can be cus
into roAsta from . smooth, cvcnly-
ficshcd one. - lrscdcrs' 0AsettN.
Tyiss Cattle.
An Eastern farmer scnda 10 Farm and
Home his way Of tying cattle. which 10
herewith illustrated. 10 sinple and