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[Entered according to Act of Congress, in th e yenr 1873,_by I>. 1>, T. MOOKK, In the ofllea of the L ibrarian of Congress, at WaellTt^U^T 
at the famous Smithlleld Club meetings. 
They are great favorites with the butcher 
and consumer. At three years old well-fed 
steers will weigh from twelve to fourteen 
score pounds per quarter. Their general 
features may be described as followsNose 
tolerably wide; muzzle of a golden color, 
thin between the nostril and eye; eye rath¬ 
er prominent; the forehead rather wide; 
neolc not too long; sides straight, and not 
Coarse at the point of the shoulder; wide 
and open in the breast, which should project 
forward; girth deep; legs not too long; chine 
bone straight; ribs broad; Join full of flesh 
and witle; hip bones not too large, but well 
covered; rump flat and long; tail should 
drop perpendicular; thigh Hat outside and 
full in; the coat soft and silky, with a mel¬ 
low touch. 
The Sussex cross well with any breed, by 
using the male animal, imparting substance 
and tirmnosB of flesh; color ol the offspring 
is generally red. They are of themselves a 
hardy breed, and have been found to sur¬ 
pass all others in the poorest pastures of 
their native county. The cows are not good 
milkers; those with the heaviest llesh are 
the worst, but produce sufficient to rear 
their calf. The most successful way of 
breeding is to calve them down in October 
and November, let them have their own 
calf throug h the Winter, which can be wean¬ 
ed in the Spring, and another calf put to 
the cow. If managed in this way. ^ach cow 
will rear two calves, and the number of bar¬ 
rens be greatly diminished, which is one of 
the greatest evils when cows are allowed to 
drop their calves all the year round. 
There is a Public Herd Book of Sussex 
stock, which has been established lifteen 
years. It at present numbers 176 bulls and 
1280 cows. It is also a chronicle of all ped¬ 
igree prize animals, and records the names 
or the following breeders who have gained 
honors with this stock:—Rev. ,T. Gould of 
Burwash; Mr. IF. Hughes of Woodgate; 
Mr. Tilden Smith or Beckley; Mr. Thomas 
Child of blindfold; Mr. G. Jennerof Udi- 
more; Mr. R. Hawes of Wostham; Mr. 
Thomas Bass, Messrs. J. and A. Heasman, 
Mr. J. Vorrall, Mr. J, 8. Turner, Mr. Mar¬ 
shall of Bolney, Mr. Wrn. Botting, Mr. F. 
Tup per, Mr. E. Cam, Mr. G. Coote, Mr. K. 
H. Burgess of ltoberl,abridge, Mr. J. Stone- 
ham, Mr. J. Blencow, and Mr. A. Agate of 
Horsham. 
The prices realized for the choicest Sussex 
Cattle range from 8150 to 8400. We give 
herewith illustrations of these animals, and 
suggest that our beef-producing herdsmen 
may find it profitable to introduce this 
breed into their prairie herds. 
the Texas Cattle fever among the herds of 
Sangamon Co., Ill.We have the facts from 
a reliable source concerning the breaking 
out of the so-called Texas fever among cat¬ 
tle in the vicinity of Springfield, 111. They 
are as follows: 
In April last, Barney Hunter, an exten¬ 
sive oubtlo dealer, brought into Sangamon 
county three hundred head of Texas steers, 
which he hired pastured on the farm of Mr. 
Elijah Tles, two miles east of Springfield. 
The cattle have remained there until this 
time. I n the latter port of June some half 
dozen of the steers, on account of lameness, 
were culled out and put in au adjoining lot 
in which Were some cows belonging in the 
city, and a few belonging to Mr, Ills, some 
twenty-live in all. These cows began to die, 
and iij) to August Jlst, eighteen of the num¬ 
ber had died, though during the last week 
of that time there were no deaths. The 
presumption is that it will spread no fur¬ 
ther. No one doubts that the disease is the 
genuine Texas fever. 
It is given as a Tact that corn fed to cat¬ 
tle that have been exposed has proved ben¬ 
eficial; and one of the heaviest owners of 
Texas cattle in that vicinity says that he is 
satisfied it will cure a largo proportion of 
those attacked, if fed soon after sickness is 
manifested. 
One dealer who has twenty-five hundred 
of Texans near there, allows other cattle to 
run with them, and has as yet had no dis- 
SUS8EX CATTLE 
Tins ancient race, of cattle, it is generally 
understood, dates back to the time of the 
“Conquest.” They were formerly bred 
principally for draft purposes, being used 
to cultivate the heavy soil of the Weald of 
Sussex and Kent. They always possessed 
the finest quality of llesh and were never 
neglected by the grazier. After they had 
served their allotted time as oxen they 
were converted into beef. 
But times have changed. They no longer 
serve (because it is not necessary they 
should) the purposes of draft, but occupy the 
position of one of the useful and established 
breeds of Great Britain for beef. Formerly 
their color was both light and dark red, 
sometimes approachiug black; but the cher¬ 
ry color is now approved, as denoting good 
llesh and the better fattening qualities. 
This breed is highly appreciated by En¬ 
glish farmers. Great pains are taken to 
alter the style and typo by breeding from 
the smallest oow with the greatest amount 
of tioah ; and this effort, has been successful 
in its results. It is claimed that the Sussex 
Cattle are second to none as regards early 
maturity and weight for age, which is prov¬ 
en bv the weights of these animals shown 
TEXAS CATTLE FEVER IN ILLINOIS, 
Wk copy the following from the Prairie 
Farmer of Aug. 61, concerning the state¬ 
ment heretofore made, of the appearance of 
