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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1880)
October, 88o. THE WEST SHORE. 273 THE LEICESTER 8HEEP. Oar engraving shows a ram of the Border Leioeiter blood, araoeof iheep derived mainly from the famoui Leioesten which came into prominenoe through the effort of that pioneer in the modern art of breeding, Bakewell. Bakewell. it will be remembered. with the original Leioeeter eheep, an animal of uro irame, witn neavy none and ooarse-grained meat, a flat-sided oaroau and Ion lerira nA rough. It wai a alow feeder and neoeuarily late in reaching maturity, weighing at two or three yeare, old 100 lbs. to 120 Iba. Seeing the HwHiBivjr ui uuuiiuiug iu Buumon u tno neeoe, the largest ponible inoreaie of fleih in nronnr. tion to the food ooninmed, in the ihorteat pe riod of time, he bred by aeleotion moet persist ently and skillfully for these object. Thia waa oommenoed in 1756. and the reaultof Rika. well's breeding waa the production of a aheap of ucn maraea improvement tnat the reoeipta from hire of rama alone yielded $18,000 in a aingle Bea ton. The fame of Bakewell's sheep, the Dishleyi aa nioy were eauea, apreaa iar ana wide and im portationa of them were made forOen. Washing. ton'i estate in Virginia. There a Diahloy ewe orosted by a Persian ram save rite to the Ar lington race of long-wooled sheep, whioh became widely known. The raoe of Border-Leioeatera arose some thing more than a oentury tgo, and early in the present oentury tne improvement was oarried farther bv the use of Dishlev rams bv the hor. der flock wasters. Now the bordor sheep have secured deetinotive appellation and recognition at tne angusn snows. The characteristic! of this breed, at given by Mr. John Wilson, are extraordinary autitnde to fatten and early maturity. He says: The most marked feature in their strnoture it the mallness of their headt and of their bones gen rally, as contrasted with their weight of carcass iney are clean in tne Jaws, with a rull eye, thin ears, and placid oountenanoe. Their backs are straight, broad and flat; the rib arohed, the belly carried very light, to that they present usarry as itraigut a line oeiow at aoove; tne chest u wide, the akin very mellow, and oov end with a beautiful fleeoe ol long, soft wool. whioh weighs, on the average, from six to aeven lbs. Un good toilt, and under careful treatment, theae sheep are currently brought to weigh from 18 to 20 the. quarter at 14 montht old, at which age they art generally slaughtered. At this age their flesh it tender and juioy, but when oarried on until they art older and heavier, fat accumulates to unduly in propor tion to the lean meat at to detract from its palatablenesi and market value. The ram represented in the accompanying engraving, which is produoed from a photograph, is Irom the Mertoun flock of Lord Polworth, in Berwickshire. The engraving does not indicate pampered theep, intended only for the show, yard; but the straight and broad back, tht wide ohest brought well forward, tht well tprung rib and long quarters, the full and square ramp, all bee peak an animal oompaot and symmetrical a meat-maker of tht highest order. Poetic Rural lrtu. Thi floating of birds on and with tht wind does not appear specially mysterious. It it now recognised that a breese of air is a tuootstion of denser tnd denser volume, rushing la to tup ply tht plaot of comparative vacuity, and thus to mntin pneumatic equilibrium. Patting long tht turfaot of land or sea, this tuocession of densities pottettet tht properties of a wedge, tending to lift from tht ground object wbost tptoine gravity it greater than that of air. Thus, on a windy day, thistledown, feathers, straw, paper, may be seen floating on the "wings of tht wind)" and should tht gait la erstts to a hurricane, tries, roofs and avtn cat tle may be lifted from tht earth. Inanimate objeot being in thit way oapablt of sustention, it it sot surprising that a bird ean adjust its wings in snob a way at to appropriate to th full tht floatativt power of tht wind. A PLEA FOK BOYS. Owing to a slight indisposition we mutt forego the pleasure of writing our usual menage, but would emphasise the wisdom contained in the following ploa for the boys, tor with all of our heresy upon the woman question, wt believe in boys, and daily insist that boys hare some rights that their sisters are bound,to respect Our theme it not a new one; it can never be old. At long as one-fourth of humanity it rep resented by the irrepressible boy, so long will the happiness and well-being of the boy be of moment to all. I ahall profaoe what I am about to aay by re lating an incident, the fact of which came under my immediate observation. A sister and brother nine and seven years old respectively, whose homt was in tht far West, came to tuend the summer with their grand parent! in Now England. It waa a large many roomed house to which they oamo, and upon their arrival a carpeted room with dainty belongings wit assigned to the little girl, while tht boy oonvenienoe. Moet highly prised of ill was a gun, the gut of an older brother, itis tut claimed its installment on brackets on tht wall ' of hit room, and the mother, stilling her worn an't fear of Hre-arms, gave him her help In ar- ' ranging it there. The look with which he thanked her will be a pleasant memory for yean. Let ut do all wt can for our boys. Let at "makt homt attractive" to them, not only by filling our houses with things beautiful and tasteful, but by making them feel that they, not leas than their sisters, hart a share in it ar. rangemente. When the echo of children's footsteps shall be no longer heard iu tht house, and tht tired hands havt mora time to rest, wt shall be glad to.reoall the eager, happy fact of tht boy 20 yean ago, at ht stood by our aldt whilt wt Eut tlit last strong atitche in tht oovtr of hit all, or fattened one mora bob on hit ohtriihad kite. In thtoradle, In hit first suit of olothet whioh launches him on tht world at tht individual I - LM sr-: f mm wmm: ; 7 X BOItDER LEICESTER RAM. no less dearly loved by hit grandmother was E- ven a chamber, airy and comfortable, but guilt ss of ornament save tht gloriout raya of aun light that waked the little sleeper each returning morning Judge of the surprise of tht family, out after noon, at finding all tht littlt fellow's possestloni hit box of olotbing, hit fishing tackle, bit balls, hit top, hit miniature oanot transferred to hit sister's room, hi avtrring, upon being questioned, that ha liked pretty and tasteful things as wsll it hit sister did, and that bt was not going to stay it that old, bar room. Now wt do not say that every mother can girt her boys pretty carpeted rooms i but w do In sist that tht boyt should hart their than of whatever of graot and beauty the house affords. If tht littlt sister hat two pretty picture in btr room, let her girt out of them to tht brother. If tht makes a dainty oushion for her own toilet table, let oot equally pretty bt made for that of her brother. Then than an tht boy town treasure. Qivt him the privilegt of arranging them in bit own way. iJoubtleet it will bt oftentimes a very In dividual way) but what of that! Do we not every day aaoriflot our own taste for fashion's sake- fur friends? Hurely wt can do at least as much for our boys. I bar la my mind tht memory of a boy just la hit teens, who for tht first time was to have a room by himself. With bit Bother's help hit treasures wtrt (ivwa taoh IU plaot of honor or I boy, In tht transition fmm "little boy" to "big uoy, irom tnt oig noy to ma youw let ut stand by him with our help, our oounsel, and our pray en. Thi Woman'$Jourmtl, Encouraoxmirt or Texi-l'uxTimi, Tht other day tht American Association for tht Ad vancement of Roienot met at Boston, and among othtr things dont it reooinmtndsd tht tnoour agemeiit of tret-planting. A oommitUe wst appointed to memorialist Congress and tht Huts Legislature In regard to the Important matter of the cultivation of timber. Among the practical meant for promoting thit business tlit association recommended the passage of law for the protection of tree pliuited along highways, and tht encouragement of such plant ing by relieving them from highway taxaei and by tht appropriation of money to agricultural and horticultural societies, to bt applied as pre miumt for tree-planting and for unset for tht beet ssaays, and reports oa tht sutijeot of forest culture. One very Important rooommendatloa was tht enactment of stringent laws against tht reck lee Bring of forest a practice which leads to enormous watt of timber on thit tout, It ought to bt checked hj tht imposition of seven perisltiet, Tht association also recommended the establishment udsr farorabi tonditloot of model plantations, at a means of taoosreging tnt general plan ting of tree and thtirprteorva