THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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tions, in producin^r a race distinguished (br the 

 richness ol' their milif, lie chose. 10 denoininale it 

 tlie Creanipot breed; and he had now proceeded 

 as far as ihe tilili generation, and iiad already six- 

 ty animals, more or less tiriciurcd with this hiood. 

 He went, as he said, lor hioud, and whatever sur- 

 jirise it niighi excite, lie was confident in sayinir, 

 that he wouKi breeii animals to order. He would 

 proceed upon the same principle as that on whicli 

 the painter applies his lamp-black to his white 

 lead ; and in respect to cattle, as fnmps ol' heel 

 sold in marUet (or a shilling per pound, and shins 

 tor three cents, he would seek to make the rum[)s 

 large, and the shins small. 



Farmers admitted tliis principle of breeding, in 

 respect to sheep; so they would cross their iVJerino 

 witli tlieir naiive, until, by successive sieps, they 

 improved their wool from one halfto three quar- 

 ters and seven eighihs grade. All farmers would 

 agree to make wool to order, ifyou would pron)ise 

 them one dollar per pound. It is the same with 

 cattle. Stock on the Exchange may be changed 

 and transferred at once. Live slock is not dis- i 

 posed ol'sn easily. It requires (bur years to pro- ! 

 duce a calf, and eight years a second, that is, be ! 

 lore you can determine their properties. | 



The race-horse is not popular among us. We j 

 want a horse that will do all kinds ol'work. This | 

 was obtained by a cross of the fijll- blood race- 

 horse wiih the thorough-bred Noruiandy. This 

 coll was given, by a gentleman in Canada, to a 

 V^ermont jarmer by the name of Morgan. This 

 was the foundation of a distinguished breed. This 

 horse would run eighty rods in fifteen seconds. 

 He could pick out a Morgan hor^e, among a hun- 

 dred. The combination of two of the best bloods, 

 in this case, save a general character. This horse 

 is of eminent endurance, docile, obedient, rugged; 

 and is a full hand (or the best whip. 



Coelebs had no pedigree, but there was good 

 reason to believe that he was a direct descendant 

 li'om the stock of Messrs. Collins. He was con- 

 fident that by a cross of Coelebs with a suitable 

 native cow, he should succeed in his object of ob- 

 taining rich milk and excellent buiier-properlies. 

 He had now in milk the third generaiiori, and lour 

 quarts of her milk had made one pound of butter. 

 The milk contains so little that cannot be made 

 into butter, that in his belief one himdred f)ounds 

 of her cream would produce ninety-fi^'e pounds ol 

 butter. 



He had now twenty-eight cows and hei(ers of 

 this slock; and at his pleasure he could breed his 

 stock with orange color or yellow round the eye, 

 of a mahogany color, white bags and black teats, 

 as might be desired. This may seem incredible, 

 but not more incredible than the piesent raie of 

 travelling on railroads would have seemed to an 

 individual who lived a hundred years ago. 



Most cows which are used by the fiirmers for 

 breeders, have no more claims (br that object than 

 a skimk would have. He prefers, in selecting a 

 Kuiiatile breeder, to trust his hands than h's eyes. 

 He wants to have a silky, efusiic !t!el. The dif- 

 (erence in the feel of animals, jhat is, of theirskin, 

 is like the difference between *a two dollar negro- 

 cloth and a fourteen dollar broadcloth. The'^dif- 

 (erence in fatting animals arises flam the thrifti- 

 nese of their constitutions, so that while upon half 

 a bushel of meal per day one ox would yield onl}' 

 se.vpniy five pounds of rough tallow, anniher, ufa 



better kind, would produce a hundred and seven- 

 ty-five pounds. He <vas told by one visiter that 

 he had oiled iiis siock; and on a visit to Mr. Phin- 

 ney's farm in Ijcxington, a lurmer who had been 

 at his place found iiimself able, among half a 

 dozen calves, to select two of the Cream-poi 

 breed, simply by the feel. 



The breeding of swine had been carried to great 

 perfection among u.s. Improvements in neat stock 

 lew would undertake. Sheep are very profitable 

 slock, with an amount adapted lathe size of the 

 farm. The Mermo and Saxony are deemed too 

 tender (br our climate, and produce mutton of 

 smidi size Ibr the market. 'I'he Saxony wool is 

 too fine Ibr general use. He had had the Leices- 

 ter, the Lincolnshire, the new Leicester, the Tu- 

 nisian sheep, and itie Soulh-Dovvn. For profit, 

 he upon the whole dectdedly preferred the South- 

 Down. They were quiet, broad and flat in the 

 back, full in the twist, round in the thigh, and pre- 

 senied a fine leg of mutton. The difference be- 

 tween a South-Down leg of mutton, and that of 

 a common sheep, was the difference between the 

 I high of a goose and thai of a dunghill fowl. 

 Sheep give a valuable yearly return, but much 

 depends on the kind. 



The Berkshire and theMackay breed of swine 

 do not cost so much in the keeping as the common 

 breeds, but the return is much greater. He in- 

 sists much upon the breed. You cannot make a 

 race-horse out of a Canadian runt, if you should 

 have a groom at each leg; nor by any ail bring 

 him to run (bur miles at a heat, and repeat. You 

 might as well attempt to produce upon a scrub- 

 pear the fruit of the St. Michael's. We cannot 

 do as we will, in many cases, because we have 

 not the means. JNlost of our farmers have the 

 talent, but few have the capital wherewith to 

 make improvemenis. In Fngland, capital is ap- 

 plied to agiiculiural im|jroveinents with the utmost 

 readiness, and with a success proportionate to this 

 liberahty. Our own agriculture has received a 

 generous impulse, and every Iriend to his country 

 must wish it increased success. 



Mr. Puinam of Danvers then stated that he 

 had seen a heiliu' of the Cream-pot breed, in 

 J^ouihboro,' which he recognized by her silky 

 leel, and her milking properties |jromised well. 

 She hail been ii.jured in two teats, tiui the milk 

 laken from tho^'e iwo in one week pioduced seven 

 and three-fburths pounds of butter. The call 

 took ihe two uninjured teals. 'J'liis was in Oc- 

 tober. 



Mr. Sheldon of Wilmington was then kind 

 enough to favor the meeting wiih some valuable 

 remarks on the subject of working oxen. [The 

 authority of this gentleman is undoubted, from his 

 long experience. He, took by coiiuact the reduc- 

 tion of Pemberton Hill, in Bosion, and had at one 

 time 118 yoke of oxen at work there.] 



The object of his remaiks was 10 assist the 

 firmer in making a suitable scleciion of oxen (or 

 woik. If yciu de.^ire to have those which would 

 he free to travel and to pull, take ihose with a long 

 and lean li^ce. Those with shori faces will start 

 quick but soon forget the whip. He chooses oxen 

 whose heads are long ; whose eyes are sharp, but 

 at the same time pleasant. He thinks that we 

 cannot rely upon black-eyed oxen. (Lord Byron 

 says you cannot rely upon gray-eyed men or wo- 

 n)<'n. — Hcfiorier ) 'J'hey are inH doi'ile. Hu 



