THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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upper part of the shoulder ; and (4) the breast, to- 

 gether with the lower part of the shoulder. 



Fig. 4 shows the mode of cutting up veal prac- 

 ticed in London, The side of veal is divided into 

 quarters, with eleven ribs to the fore quarter, and 

 the several joints into which the hind and fore 

 quarters are respectively subdivided are as follows : 

 HiXD QcAETEK — (1), the loin; (2), the chump, con- 

 sisting of the rump and hook bone ; (3), the fillet ; 

 (4), the bock or hind 

 knuckle. Fore Quarter 

 — (5,) the shoulder; (6), 

 the neck; (7), the breast; 

 (8), the fore knuckle. — 

 The following is the ratio 

 of prices which the sev- 

 eral joints of veal usually 

 command : — Loin and fil- 

 let, 16 cents; neck and 

 breast, 14 cents ; shoulder 

 and chump, 12 cts. ; hind 

 and fore knuckle, 10 cts. 

 per pound. The weights 

 of the several parts of a 

 moderate -sized well-fed 

 calf about eight weeks old, 

 ' are nearly in the following 

 proportion : — Chump and 

 loin together 18 lbs.; fillet, 

 12^ lbs.; hind knuckle, 5i 

 lbs.; shoulder, 11 lbs.; neck, 11 lbs.; breast, 9 lbs.; 

 fore knuckle, 5 l^bs. ; total of carcass, 144 lbs. 



Fig. 5 shows the method of cutting up small pork 

 to dress for table in joints. The side is divided 

 with nine ribs to the fore quarter ; 

 and the following is an enumeration 

 of the joints in the two respective 

 quai'ters: — IIixd Quarter — (1), the 

 leg ; (2), the loin ; (3), the spring or 

 belly. Fore Quarter — (4), the 

 hand ; (5), the fore chine, or some- 

 times called the spare rib ; (6), the 

 cheek. The weights of the several 

 joints of a good pork pig of 32 lbs. 

 may be as follows: — The leg, 8 

 lbs.; the loin and spring, 7 lbs.; 

 the hand, 6 lbs. ; the chine, 7 lbs. ; 

 and the cheek, from 2 to 3 lbs. 

 • "We should be glad if some of our 

 correspondents would furnish us 

 •with drawings illustrating the mode 

 of cutting up meat in some of the principal citie^, 

 together with such remarks as may indue 3 farmers 

 to breed such animals as afford the greatest propor- 

 tion of first ^quality meat. _^^ 



Fig. 4. 



Fig. 



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 THE SHEEP TICK OS LOUSE. 



Nearly all sheep, and more particularly those in 

 poor condition, and lambs, are invested with ticks, 

 {MelopTiagua avinus,) which live by sucking the 

 sheep and especially lambs, and must be very an- 

 noying. They are more or less abundant from 

 March to October, when oval, shining bodies, 

 (as shown in the accompanying figure,) like the 

 pips of small apples, and similar in color, may be 

 found attached by the pointed end to the wool (1), 

 (2, the same magnified). These are not the eggs, 

 but the pupso, which are laid by the female, and 

 are at first soft and white. From these issue the 

 ticks (3), (4, the same magnified), which are horny, 

 bristly, and rusty-ochre; the head is orbicular, 

 with two dark eyes (o), and a rostrum in front, 

 enclosing three fine curved tubes (6) for piercing 

 the skin and sucking the blood ; the body is large, 

 leathery, purse-shaped, and whitish when alive, 

 notched at the apex ; the six legs are stout, very 

 bristly, and the feet are furnished with strong 

 double claws. A wash of arsenic, soft soap, andi* 

 purified potash ; a decoction of tobacco ; train oU^ 

 with spirits of turpentine; or mercurial oiutmetet j 

 will destroy ticks. 



WEBB SOUTH- DOWN SHEEP. 



Undoubtedly, the best breeder of South-Down 

 sheep in the world is Jokas "Webb, of Babraham, 

 England. To those who can appreciate the skill, 

 the care, the judgment, and the perseverance, re- 

 quired to originate and to maintain an improved 

 breed of animals, the name of Jonas "Webb is as 

 familiar as household words. His success as a 

 breeder has been most extraordinary. At the last 

 Exhibition of the Royal Agricuhural Society of 

 England, between fifty and sixty yearling South- 

 Down rams were shown. The judges, after careful 

 examination, selected out six. They gave two of 

 them the prizes (£25 and £15), they ^^sxiecially 

 commended" two more, and '■'■highly commended" 

 the other two. All six alieep turned out to le the 

 property o/'- Jonas "Webb ! His annual letting and ' 

 sale of rams attracts not only the best breeders of 



