The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-08-16

hesitate about any concerted move IN tha'
direction. Ii Is always safe for few imdi-
vidurls To plant largely of almost any crop,
| even if they are non essentials, provided
the average price is remuneratve and there
are no other unusual Inducements for 9th.
ers To do likewise. But it wouh! he very
bad policy in amy one To select even 50 i'm
portant Il pruduCt as SuyC'lient be III, If
there was prospect that the farmers Of
| even SO small Il state as ours, were likely TO
heed the advice given them by their re-
| spected head and do the same thing.
lu fact the chief if not the only induce
ment to make 4 speciality OF certain pro-
ducts, is the fact that they h ave not as yet
| attracted the attention of the bulk of pro-
| ducers. but are raised in such "A moderate
| quantity as not to exceed the demand for
them. AS sure as there is an indication of
glut the profit ceases. Experience proves
| this. | will mention only one instance.
am too young to remember much about it,
| but you older members can remember when
the canning industry first took start. Al
though it was well known TO the ancents
| ter could be preserved almost indefinitely by
being excluded from the air, yet it was re-
served for this gener ition to bring the
| knowledge into practical use so far as our
| fruits and vegetables are concerned. When
the first cans for this purpose were made
much Incredibly was expressed in regard
| to their alAptiabiity. y few men III Hir-
! ford county took hold OF the industry and
We're well rewarded for their enterprise.
| They did not however call convention and
| announce their success from the house tops,
but endeavored TO hide their lights under a
bushel. This industry was followed success
| fully for some years during which time
| they enjoyed almost IA monopoly of it. But
| despite their efforts AT conceament the Sc
cret of sut cess gradually spread and result
ed in such a multiplicity of factories, not
only in Hartford county bat in o,her cDun-
ties of this and other slate, that the com
petition brought profit to none and disaster
TO many,
| ! would say 81 STOW in specialtirs.
| The one that seems To hr the most fash
ionabl" now is the dairy business, and no
animal receives 80 much attention as the
COW The ancients reg lriei the lion as the
| king OF lie ISIS, although for what reason
| know not, rs lie il cert tiniy ilttrilr to
| many othe"a il prut .: strength. II III the
animal creation of that time embraced the
| improved COW of our day she undoubtedly
would have been styled queen. She is more
oil ali .l,,.
| quadrupeds combined. This is owing to her
| usefulness. The lion never was of any ser
vice to mankind in geucral-eyen to such
| people As they Ind in the olden time. He
may have assisted BtrnG III and Forepaugh
to fleece the people, but lac deserves no
credit for lhIt and Wien ycu come 10 draw
the contrast between his irr'iship and the
| cow, in tie matter of general utility, he is
inc mparably her inferior
And the beauty of it is that the queen is
becoming more air. scIive every day. All
that science. en- 10 j. t.rinZ done to bring
her as near perf-ciiuG a. G-sibi-. Men of
wealth and men of ic -uIu5 are working in
unison to accomplish rui> end Every lux
ury and every Cum.irt AID convenience
that the ingenuity II ruan c.,i. cnntfive is at
her dispos Il. Il III" Ia ter az diet She Is
more favored tnau the q tern Of Eng land.
Scientists of the Iii ghr,t 81 .Idiugare husying
themselves in tnr rc"p ;Itu Of hsr food.
Professor Stewart rhr"uGh lie medium of
"Ihe Countty Geuienan, wis spre ding
| knowledge broadcast, i'll regard to this all
inn gnhnrr aud j. ySanlE ~
All manner of questions having any relation
t" it, and is ready to give the minut-st di-
r,c,ion- To all who have the least mi>giv-
ings as to their ability and judgment, i'll The
matter ot selecting. mixing, compromising,
and administering the various and precious
! ingredients that should and do enter into IL
''pettect ration" which with amy one "t the
| ingredients left out would be entirely inad-
equaie To produce the best result. Aud
what the professor does not know about a
| COW, isn't worth knowing He not only tells
| his readers all about the proper ration for
the different breeds. but also Tor the differ
| ent ages and sizes OF each breel. Avid all
this is not mere guess work, but the result
| of much thought and research. MeSsrs.
| Gould aud Vanderbilt, who unlike the COW
avoid paying taxes on their worth, employ
imported and high salaried cooks to pre-
pare their meals, hut we are not informed
that they employ any learned medical doc
| tors to superintend the selection and con
coction OF their different articles OF food. In
this particular they re a long way behind
As the COW is ahead of these milionairas in
the matter of diet, so size is abreast of them
in other household conveniences. She is
served with hot AM cold wafer as well a.
they, and with clean and oinfortabie bed
ding. The system ofveutilatiOn that prevails
in her lodging is as perfect As theirs and
| she enjoys all the modern luXurles.
There is one very material difference in
| the physical "make up Of the COW and of
men. She has quite "A number o! s'Onachs
while they have but one each. This makes
| it very much more difficult to cater to her
| inner wants than to those Of men. In the
preparation Of food that is destined to pass
| through only one stomach comparatively
| little care is required. But when you come
to prepare i ration that will fit snUgly into
four or five stomachs, and they all OF differ
ent sizes and shapes. you have more com
plicated task on hand. This is the reason
that so much more skill aud learning is re-
| quired in the one case than IN the other.
| But the COW has the advantage nevertheless
in the long run, because she gets more solid
en- joyment out OF her food than they do
When they have swallowed their meals, the
pleasure derived from the repast is gone.
They Immediately after leaving the table
hurry of in run to the stock exchange OF
some other questionable place, while she
like queen seeks some favorite spot and
quietly eui 'ys her cud. And hero is where
the use of the other stomachs comes in. Ii
ia wise provision of nature to guard
against the evil effects of boiling food
| Whilst some rough hand is Juggling at the
cows teats she might in the excitement
swallow portion of her food without suifi
oient mastioation. TO guard against any
evil effects of this she is enabled to shift il
at will into another compartment and when
doing so she halts it in the mouth and en-
Joys it all over Egain That is where she
has the advantage or Gould anu wander
bilt. They can't recall their food. 1t they
could they would be enjoying their delca
oies eternally. Then there would be NOR,
sense in employing their expensive cooks.
1t used to bother our forefathers a gooC
deal to pick out coed cow before she came
to the pail. They claimed to be able t'
Judge pretty well by certain indications bu
were often deceived. II. ppiiy this uucer
tainry IN the ST l~ction of the hest has beer
removed. About twenty-five or thirty year:
ago Frenchinan II med Gueron discover
| al what he claimed tD he an almost jufa Ia