m=nl= I mmi .'7T ! '"1 11 77 41 511. emarritosivatanow-21,1e5i, 46,100 114 - o,i*li,ing.o7„Dstinetu tz;foCbSse t;eo •-•• • •-• ••1 • ' 'm' `4' t7,llE;d - , gtdcii.,pd . 9ss 4,,v4ry (Klutikt4ti ; 6o.ol:in . the IRee.diuZiand rearing of diNileitie animals. y • 'They have-an 1 00.1113tne'sybfiftittlnfor• tillats,e; -Meadowland ana climates adiiiirabli adapted to ults.t.atv:o . root; • 1 1 ,EF0R.4.4041;!:f 44 ► Ones, mules, nest.eattle,",sneep, ainl st+ine, aratealthnstifEeientY. - long-lived and p'rofii tohle, Oen skillfulltininaged. In nearly Aiiilialf , oftliectititiA; a giirkl:El4 ie kvOrth $lOO anAkwordinar_rone,of is.wortlt • oiit;iliattile-Ae; Bost ; of rearing until be is three years old, is no . more than to keep a a Mule trill per omilkarde..la4orlireuty, Ave o - r thirty years, .or more illairtWiee as rofig as a borse, par ttiefddriythe.Sonth,- the demand 'far, these field-servants keeps pace ,with the wonderful 'calido', — olliirting, and . oiter i~cgttgit braes . Mules are wanted Yu; grow ing obaceot-svhiel; two-thirds of the men and boys over ten Tears old eitherchew- or smoke, 'O ,-- qtre* . t . 4o , , in the year. • For th cu I - %MS Utirn Well' as guga'r ' eine, and rice, mules are much,,prefurred to horsed . ; ttin lat • ter, liorrever,-:sellbigh in the southern States. ,for cortAgellse and riding. `The wife .of ttihsteieriPlanter Who is doing well keeps E . .o . r . ,,carniagle and pair of horses worth from 42.004,04500; and every son atul daughter' big enoughl,p,ridei. wants a saddle horse be tai4es. , As. population and . wealth increase ,ihrtinghout,the country, the demand for ani #lliiodrall'fkitltegognienis, in an equal if not Qrdi Italy cowsxsell in tleor 4tAnt, trtnn . :s.o s a head, pitraurdivary „OueSitbripg.readily from, ii5W to $l5O each. We saw,a- native cow sot(' at the latter price 'itt . the'Statd'Fairin'll34 , o, not so good as we l'Oe'VOitiolit in EiTe'county for $l3. „,.li:9other department of rural industry -pitye4o.well at this time as the breeding and rearing ofsuperior, stock. Thin is a brands tot stn s Whieh nearly every farmer itinks .),40 Ructertanda. pcifeetly„ bat afterall the re. suits of his practice prove - that he is mistakin. lA4arsze•share of the best „stock iinported into the, United States has deteriorated from the *V.o46;:tieSs or ignorant e 4f those into Whose hi;tids it has been committed. Until the art and science of breeding and keeping, domes- - + tieanitnals are.more generally studied, and more highy esteemed," the number of first . hones,, unites, neat cattle, sheop, and lingsovill.hecomparatively small.We have recently estimated in a public document, the Altnniherof horses-and mitres in the' country at sKtnillimis, -and we ,are confident that . theirAverage_value might be increased by a courne,of skillful breeding, in a few genera tions,43o a head. This would be equivalent to creating ar.capital of $180,000,000. A horselir a mite worfh $9O is as easily kept when,,,reared„las one worth $6O; and: the, same Tale applies to the rearing and keeping: of swine, sheep. steers fur the shambles, work ing dim and' dairy-thivs. The farmers of - BelgiViri) andllolland make more beef, accor ding 4) the area. under cultivatibn, than is ~ .produced elsewhere in Europe, and they mar ketinciSt of th4-eattle before they are thrm years old. Every calf designed for 'meat, should be ready for the butcher by the time a thousand days has passed over its head . ; and it should never form than a pourid of good meat in twenty four hours for its owner. llow . ean a farmer use the digestive organs of-a calf 1000 days to the best advantage ? An engineer is required to study, every part ot - the machinery under his control. He must be familiar with the building and strength of each tube, valve, cylinder, and joint, in the complex steam engine, to work 'Witt the 'largest profit. What is a calf, .."entc;;p,ir.r,,, of lamb,-,but a small locomotive in ilie - h.t4i4Of an agricultural engineer t low few-migineeraof -tills class have carefully in veiti&t4:4ll.Aature and strength of , the Ticoititilektikathinery which elaborates Milk; ~ --. ,„ Cheese, 'wool, meat, ,or produces the physical powers of the ox, mule, The time has come, when the -:anatomy and phisiology of these wealth ere. animals- should be universally .under atOod: Thilt int&n.al organization and ex ,„tognatay,mtuetry,tliejr intrinsic value and pro -xiiikeliveness as well as beauty, can never be ..tritifisiiip*lated - before science enlightens .. ;G , Oitt . lntiderititading of the stock grower. That . „4 - .kiticiktftiOs3 in all sorts of conditions may. -,*gwen tu.:eattle, sheep and and hog, with .:errtal ,, :benefit and 'profit, no one pretends ; Aatt 'When we.presnme to shy how animals itthe:fed . arid'r;lat they should consume. „tberearealm9 . st.as many opinions hs fanners. eWhere• butter:is high,- and palves are reared 'XitEginn - Iniik:and . butter 'milk, experience in tiiope has C'Citifi - nned the teachings of sci ,,ettliat molasseS . used4O . svreeten milk 44- 'phYPd'Pf. :butter is the, best substitute in • the system of the calf.; Bread and.swee.en --- idwater mar - nofhe c o nutritioUs in the stoni f,,s.rowipgcluld as bread and butter, ~i l ipp.k4s.'betle.r_tban bread anti' 'fitire water. ..3b totwlasAeiand sprouted barley•harebein istineeessfuliy-used in'Engi, tied in fattening bul . : - lkt 1 04 . . fending mild] kine. Many say - "':.Olt tdiriAlt barley sufficiently_to develop, its ' l , ag eho rin e plperries.; increases its fattenin,g "Itigao.6ol:`bill.rkecing alkIP starch, g uten, and otfier protein corayounclit, more ea B ,4 iljg.dis4k 7 2 - • :.-7;Z.-; . .... 4 :00 411,5,:, eve !. ipent a dollar f i klcarti what ti t Wlrif l e r l t .' l : o * 4 O "ilthillttr's tie joityAilichs...;,44„,iii*Ooa r . Clitgi-;. ,1 14 - 4 . b o g s, Vila ~ ,khrilVv`:their alfsilas , undigeattil I—_ , ~4'0,40* ainCii is *asked -in' gennr. nirt A ulf i .11iiiit't' ' 141* al , reason` of iiidfiict, flint -,.. 4 ~...., 0- A “1,-, 1 :.., t ..15.,:r E: ~ ..-; + ' - 5 .1 A qp . 910 tvevere cold apAgottnp - gt-..wlnter • , 441.0cpuleace voltirmw-Alie .- li a t-isi-etiegretl-,,!xternal -warmth . - V- ~ - tiletkV -- o).lf 4 4lle 4 Oitt, l6 oArativ 4ttigiiWniti ;be*. ;4 voo7:Aok foivei: tie -lieiiit ceases: to be and tliebAngs iiiiitibals* en , _ -4 40 ' 1 4.&.:tiltrfin?" -- vitille l ?.l:l 3l :9:Nif 'liiallif rtiWilit:"betootfiebltiet#6`litirpt .. (Mt=3IMMI lifiK tlik r eontable degree of external Lniieiiii4 pr tei , ventilation, for the of, all biped and is a mat* "1107:4 . 4it1,: **Fest, Warm houses, tahleNanCpig. pens, ;with an -abun fgood-Ifoodi _and that skillfully pre ' 7nd accniomically Consumed; are points vdtlii_ohed'vy - 4n ,by int4.lllgent persons. py animals governi . 4heir gradual etimt or certain - deteriorlition. At and proper feeding, with lie judicious u 1?f males and females 'in' propoga paca.cons*ute.the cardinal points is ising, One should be careful to pro lepty of pasture, and that fresh and for copsliMption in.. spring, summer, I . titran, . and a plenty of vary good nired,ipTge... for winter. Pastures stock ride a sweet ; and.: well 'dims' hiri:e been sadly neglebted -and ling productiVeneSs has attnicted our In in all lho States we hay& 'Visited, ire not' a-few.. * They ,greatly need a 'yeriti of stable Jpanure, re-seeding, ciod s rifyirig with a sharp (harrow. , eed - d ining and still mo irrigi hich d c i t ds ‘fonderfulli to th grokth and t e isr‘pr*trreut of g . ins and landt --- *ater in spring brooks •Its. aiiilunds in the mineral and or od of 0 ant. 4 ; and in thousan s of ra. •ms at4.l ditches may be'chea ly con , to ttit, over extensive fiel 5... oiling f cattle is gaining i public f i l ery vein. where it is tested b expe;ri iv feeding stock in small entiosures, :hare of the fence now required in this may be dispensed with—ad object .nsiderable, itimortance. • 411 good recog4ise the necessity of either ma pnrchasing an anneal stoc of ma ll with this they can cut , ass 00 7 ~ or *et ) ; fortig enough om an eep one ajad petlhaps two cpws the, Ind. The; droppings,' of horses and pastures vvhile reeding, are found to . 'le value ; itoo . much manure is ap oes_place, itml pone at all over many : arils. Sheep distribute the raw ma crpps more evenly, but not so even • ' be done by the husbandman.— .oujing, manure-saving, and the eco prOduction of grain end grass; must editip olio system of tillag e and y. Minch of the manure now man- 1 is poor stuff and really not worth I what it costs. Not a little trash teq railer out of the city of Viras.Th o . fertilize pour soils, which is of as to for manure as a load of pine chips. nure is worth,its weight In timothy often its weight in corn. , The sci roducino manure is quite as inip- F. oic that transforming gars, grain, juts) M'eat„milk, wool ancilthe flesh and mules. Thu b e st manure sold ,ngtorJ brings four dollars'. a barrel , lizer cbtnes from the Pacific on the ent ? pd. from small ifilands covered t dee witk,ginum, which is there ' at t irty millions of took. . Man i ual v, ne per ext. can b&macle at oxide fanners wijl give instructions e,gisla,ors to foster agricultural sci- and to their 'atientl Otich : liberal and a Many gation of gra: -Mead° and e • ganic vines, • strode , The favor e -011 e.. a lame cowl tr , of farwqrs kin► or ver l l cor acre to year T 1 cattle• be of li plied at square terial o ly as it, Stock nomical be Wen( husbart • ufacture over lull is haulei val Good m u-, an _erew of ' ortanl, . and roo of how: , ' in Was This fert coast of fe estimate ure of e home, 1 to their enee. - eneral rule, it is safe to - say that if not one-half, of the, fertilizers As i a ,: one-tror I stablo and barnyards, are never , nt upon the fields whence the crops he animals Were taken. To waste adimpoverish land, is not the way ce. cheap beef, pork, bnlter, cheese. iderable number of years. The Ma t fattening pig is worth nearly half as his food, provided one knows how to-the. best advantage. Meat Bells the sage price in Belgium that it he State of New York, and of course •bitnt the sante. The manure of a elgium is often sold front $l2 to 415 now can this raw material of crops be more valuable there than here, -voided i carried . that fcil man any con mire of as much to u - e i at abou does I, a year! and s pro‘i otir crops ard her 'fetch as much lbs. as theirs*? They send vast .s or meat to London, and so do we, less. The truth is, we have yet to Money value of good manure, the per 1 0 quantiti more. or learn th art of inc . , it all, and the economy of sell ieifers and steers when two years fat pig,i when from nine to twelve .4 A calf can extract, more meat 11 llsi. oat, corn or barley-meal, well byf 40 per cent., than a six year old x e i an. Pea and bean porridie for Ive, will maike them grow rapid '.e nuch useAtior that purpose on the i, One that has aplenty of rich ma in4,l:e cheap oats and corn for feed ' ira',6stie animals: and if these are the . • pill pay a round_ profit: i tle attention is paid to the saitig ing old, and months from 10 cooked, cow or r mg:, an pll ly, and anitinen . . nure Ca jng'all d be 4. th Top an. Jibe. al Use of grass seed by dairy-men, wera. and such as make a business I r horses, mules, hogs, and neat cat ' er all that has been said about ma blades cf grass grow where only before—a proverb older than the acob, in all proliability—the neglect ig lands is a prominent defect in usbandry. Go where you wlill, and tiud mean cattle, hogs, sheep„and ere pastifieiind meadows yield R ot domestic animal% To p'r 'high 1..1 r improved breeds,' and ,th ri,rtin n in size; form, and , vattie, It ~i tij 117 eii; is the heiglitof folly. ence, Leoromending Short 'Horns,' !tell rontrAyrshirm, or any other ntCe . T, t ciurielres . with urging the nice's- wo i 4 l -grc of min tie. Af kin to on grey time,pf. of "g 7 rzi mottrin you 014 b0r:.e.9.,. de food prices 1 •pein d - 'diCious k instead.c fords. A iye euifte sity of pr ted terti) imal y wk ()ay. in 11 , vidif*llll tbiniap,r of food} adttit constitution Fsmil itiLits of thii Cis may be reg ularly conitwriicipliy MMM •our eaStinsiersaiirthave small bills they to scopeto:be: vichanged. can be ac 010'A. Hex. ;'" - -sehimot r SchdolllaidiS, YONSACCELLOLEIL-1 010_,,