A DURHAM FAT OX, ETC. 
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A DURHAM FAT OX. 
The cut below represents a grade Durham, or 
shorthorn ox, fatted for the London market, and 
standing up to his knees in a comfortable straw 
bed. We wish our readers to examine this 
figure particularly, and notice what an improve¬ 
ment it is over the large, coarse animals of the 
country. This ox is not a showy animal, but he 
is a snug, well-made, well-fatted, useful beast; 
and one, we dare say, that paid well for the food 
he consumed, from his birth up. The head is 
rather thick, and the horns slightly coarse; but 
the legs and tail are fine. The brisket is not 
quite so well developed as it should be, but the 
crops, loin, buttocks, and barrel, are capital. 
Depend upon it, that he made many a tender, 
dainty dish. 
Corn Estimated by the Hills, and not by the 
Acre. —In many parts of the United States, the 
yield of corn is counted by the thousand hills, 
instead of by the acre. Inquire what the average 
yield of corn is, and you will be told, “ so many 
bushels to the thousand.” If planted four and 
a half feet each way, an acre will contain 2,151 
hills. In parts of Kentucky and North Carolina, 
100 ears of corn are counted for a bushel. 
