THE GENEbEE FARMER 



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POINTS OF A SHORTHORN COW. 



he following features constitute, I trow, 



he beau-Weal of a Shorthorn Cow :— 



ram, massive, round, deep-barreled and straight-backed ; 



il: ,l quarters level, lengthy, and well packed ; 



highs wide, fleshed inwards, plumb almost to hock , 



wist deep, conjoining thisfhs in one square block ; 



oin broad and flat, thick-fleshed, and tree from dip ; 



■ick rib' " well home," arched even with the hip ; 



ins flush with back, soft-cushioned and not too wide; 



links full and deep, well forward on the side ; 



ore-ribs well fleshed, and rounded like a drum; 



ore-flanks that even with the elbow come ; 



rop " barreled," flush with shoulder and with side , 



rirth large and round-not deep alone, but wide; 



houlde.r sloped back, thick-covered, wide at chine; 



'oints snug, well-fleshed, to dewlap tapering fine; 



Feck vein filled up to well-clothed shoulder-point; 



inn 'full above, turned in at elbow-joint; 



,egs short and straight, fine-boned 'neath hock and knee, 



ie'llv cvlindrical, from drooping free ; 



<hest wide between the legs, with downward sweep; 



Jrisket round, massive, prominent and deep; 



Jeclrfine at head, fast thickening toward its base ; 



lead small, scope wide, fine muzzle, and dished face; 



Syes prominent and bright, yet soft and mild ; 



lorus waxy, clear, of medium size, unfiled; 



rail fine, neat hung, rectangular with back ; 



lide sott, substantial, yielding, but not slack; 



lair turrv. tine, thick-set, of color smart; 



Jiider well forward, with teats wide apart. 



I'hese points, proportioned well, delight the eye 



)f grazier, dairyman, and passer-by; 



Sful these to more fastidious minds convey 



Vppearance stylish, feminine and gay. 



An English Farmer's Wife?— In an article on English 

 rriculture in the Patent Office Report, the Hon. H. F 

 {E.vcn, of New Hampshire, remarks: 

 In his family an English farmer upon a large farm lives 

 ■rv much in the style of the wealthiest New England 

 nd owners. The same fact is observable there as here ; 

 at the wife and daughters, by some means, acquire a 

 ore finished education than the men, and conduct their 

 msehold affairs with grace and dignity. * * 

 * * With servants enough to relieve her ot the 

 -udcrery of hard labor, the farmer's wife gives careful 

 >rsonal attention to her household, and has leisure to 

 itertaiu handsomely the friends and guests of the family. 



Feeding an Army.— To feed the 600,000 troops now in 

 le Union army there is required each month 14,625,000 

 ounds of pork, or 24,375,000 pounds of fresh beef; 

 56,994 barrels of flour; 48,750 bushels of beans, or 

 ,050,000 pounds of rice; 1,950,000 pounds of coffee; 

 392,000 pounds of sugar ; 195,000 gallons of vinegar ; 

 2,449 bushels of salt ; 8,580,000 pounds of potatoes. The 

 upply of candles is 292,500 pounds each week, and of 

 oap 7S0,000 pounds. 



A Big Soap Kettle.— B. T. Babbitt, of New York, 

 he well known soap and saleratus manufacturer, has 

 wected a tub capable of holding 250 tons of soap ! The 

 sost for the grease alone in a single charge is $20,000. 

 Steam is employed for heating it ; and 3,000 feet of one- 

 inch pipe, coiled on the bottom, are required for this pur- 

 pose. Mr. B., with his facilities for cooking, could fur- 

 nish 250,000 soldiers with two pounds of good bean-soup 

 in one installment. 



An idler boasted to a farmer of his ancient family, lay- 

 ing much stress upon his having descended from an illus- 

 trious man who had lived several centuries ago. "So 

 much the worse for you," replied the farmer; "for we 

 find the older the seed the poorer the crop." 



Man-Eating Hyenas.— There are man-eaters among the 

 hyenas, and these hominiverous animals are greatly 

 dreaded on account of the exefeding stealthiness and 

 craft with which they achieve their object, They very . 

 seldom endeavor to destroy the adult men and women, 

 but limit their attacks to the young and defenseless chil- 

 dren. Ou dark nights, the hyena is greatly to be feared, 

 for he can be guided to his prey by the light of the noc- 

 turnal fires, which do not daunt an animal that is pos- 

 sessed by this fearful spirit of destru'etiveness, and at the 

 same time can make his cautious approach unseen. As 

 the familv are lying at night, buried in sleep, the hyena 

 prowls round the enclosure, and, on finding a weak spot, 

 the animal pushes aside the wattle bands of which the 

 fence is made, and quietly creeps through the breach. 

 Between the human inhabitants and the fence, the cattle 

 are picketed by night, and would form an easy prey to 

 the hyena, if 'he chose to attack them. But he slips 

 cautiously amid the sleeping; beasts, and makes his way 

 to the spot where lies a young child, wrapped in deep 

 slumber. Employing the same silent caution, the hyena 

 quietly withdraws the sleeping child from the protecting 

 cloak of its mother, and makes its escape with its prey- 

 before it can be intercepted. With such marvellous cau- 

 tion does this animal act, that it has often been known to 

 remove an infant from the house without even giving the 

 alarm.— Boutledgis Illustrated Natural History. 



The Horse and the Lion.— There were some horses on 

 board belonging to Major Kemball, the Consul General 

 ot Bagdad, one of which got loose and leaped overboard 

 just at dawn. The steamer was then about half way to 

 Bagdad, getting under weigh alter anchoring as usual for 

 the night". The horse was not missed for half an hour, 

 but was then descried ashore in what seemed very un- 

 pleasant proximity to a noble lion. The lion circled 

 round an 1 round him, always closing in. The horse re- 

 mained motionless, bevond turning his head sufficiently 

 to watch the lion's movements. Suddenly the latter gave 

 a tremendous bound, but the horse was too quick for him, 

 and escaped with a slight scratch ; but, instead of gallop- 

 ing away, he onlv went a hundred yards, and again stood 

 still. The lion commenced his former tactics with a sim- 

 ilar result, only his bound was less vigorous this time. 

 The horse did hot even yet take completely to his heels- 

 he seemed either tied bv some strange fascination, or in- 

 clined to tantalize an enemy, from whom a few minutes 

 canter would have entirelv freed him. Again the lion 

 commenced his circles ; but ere they were narrowed to 

 springing distance apartv had landed from the steamer, and 

 the instant the horse had descried them he came gallop- 

 ing down as fast as he could, while the lion stalked break- 

 fastless awav toward the jungle.—" The Persian War of 

 1856-1857," in. Blackwood's Magazine. 



Prevention of Sea -Sickness.— Let a person on ship- 

 board, when the vessel is bounding over the waves, seat 

 himself, and take hold of a tumbler nearly filled with 

 water or other liquid, and at the same time make an effort 

 to prevent the liquid from running over by keeping the 

 mouth of the glass horizontal, or nearly so. When doing 

 this, from the motion of the vessel, his hand and arm 

 will seem to be drawn into different positions, as if the 

 o-Hss were attracted bv a powerful magnet, Continuing 

 his efforts to keep the mouth of the glass horizontal let 

 him allow his hand, arm, and body to go through the 

 various movements— as those observed in sawing, plan- 

 ing, pumping, throwing a quoit, &c— which they will be 

 impelled, without fatigue, almost irresistibly to perform ; 

 and he will find that this has the effect ot preventing the 

 giddiness and nausea that this rolling and tossing of the 

 vessel have a tendency to produce in inexperienced voya- 

 gers. — Athenaum. 



A firm in Scotland, celebrated for the manufacture of 

 steel, has recently contracted to furnish the French Govern- 

 ment with muskets so constructed that they will discharge 

 seriatim through one barrel sixteen crrtridges, by means 

 of a slide containing sixteen chambers. VV hen the con- 

 tents of the slide are fired off, another loaded slide can be 

 inserted by the soldier in a few seconds, by which thirty- 

 two shots can be discharged in one minute. By drawing 

 the trigger the chambers containing the charge adjust 

 themselves to the barrel in succession. The model is 

 furnished by the French Government. 



