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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1881)
April, 1881. THE WEST SHORE. HOLSTE1N CATTLR. In our former artiol oa th Holtteina w mad a few general remarks upon thaeharsntar iatioa of the breed, and gave a portrait of a 6oe bull, a typioal apeeimen o( hie kind. At thit time we would apeak eipeoially of the Holitcio oow. In them lie the value of the breed, for the Holeteine are pre-eminently dairy oattle. The point which are well asaured couoeruioa Holatein oowe are theee: Milking oapaaity and dispoeition, from which reault a yield of milk far greater than from the oommou oowe of the country 1 eioellent "staying qualities" by which the milking aeaaon ia prolouged well along to the following oalvingi. large use and diipontiun to fatten when dried oir, thus miking a large amount of good meat when iuroed olT from the oontratt of jet and anow. An animal with theee colore upon a green pasture makee a etriking pioture, perhans a etartling one to thoee who are aoonatnmed to the rHa, r!ini, fswni anil graye of other breed a. SuouiMTioiis Concxrnino L0N0 Lira. If anyone could furniah the world with a medicine which would iniure a long life, there ia no end to the demand he would have for hie drug. The Herald ff Health thiuka he would need many factoriee to make it, aud many banka to hold the monoy he would receive. Fortunately, there la no auch medicine, and ao the world will have to get along in aome other way, Sam time ago the French government aent a oiroular luttor to all the diatrict of that oouii try to oollect information aa to thoee oonditioni 8MOK1V1 Catarrh. Habitual amokera are notoriously liable to oolda in the head, and branchitia and other v"l iTrcttOM of U.4 air-paaaagos. On thia subject Dr. J. F, Rum bold aayai "The oongeetion oooeslooed by the aotion of tobaooo on the muooua membrane of the euperlor portion of the reaplratory tract re. emblea, in many reepeota, the oongeetion re ulting from the effects of a oold, and, like the Heats of a oold, aome of lie olleota are trsnai tory and aome are permanent. The looal effaot o( tobaooo on the muooua membrane of the nose, throat and eara la aa prediapoiing to oatarrhai diaessea aa inefficient and ineullioient elothing in the cue of (emalee. The looal effect of tu ba 000 on the muooua membrane of the auperior portion of the respiratory tract oaueea more permanent relaxation ana oongeetion than any V-.,.Wv'.r---' X Tflje -" -:'.'. n.-i'&'J'-f-' iJV' it 'V"; f 'vV.. mm, -m 1-,, i .1 km , -.A " -ill s' - 1 IIOUTKIN II KIKKIt, " WINN1K W1NKIP." dairy. Tb eeeentiala of a profitable dairy animal are eupplemented by health and vigor of eooatitutioD, beauty of form and gentleneae of diipoeition. All theee thing are ui aooord anoa with our own obeervation of the oattle at the Eaet, and with all the eiperienore we have beard or read of them. For theee reatoba they ere now ooming Into prominenoo among the dairy produoera of the Laat H. C. Hoffmann, I'reudeot of the FJmira, New York, Farmera' Club, aaid in a epercb before that body that he fas one oow which gavo an average of 10.0V2 poooda of milk per year for tour eoueeoative yeara, and another which gave 11,680 poonde fur three oooeeootlve veara. There are many auch inetaooea which anight be oiled relaUve to the milking qnalitiee of ibeeaoowa. Tno aocraving which we have need to present to the eyo the form of the lioUUtn oow, repre sents a heifer osllsd "Mmoia Wiokls." owned by Osorge K. Brown, of Elgin, 111., Isadug breeder sad iniDorterof lloliUins. Her colors. sa ia obsrscWnsUe of the breed, art a brilliant of life which scorned to favor longevity, The I replies were very Interesting, but 00 the whole rather monotonous! end the general result is thst longevity is proiroted by gieat sobriety, regular Isbor, especially in the open air, ehort of excessive fstigue, easy hours, a well-off oon ditioo, a philosophical mind in meeting troubles, not too nmon intellect, ami a domeetie ule. The value of marriage was universally ad mitted, and loog lived psrente were also found an important (actor. A bssltby elimalo and good rater were mentwoeu. Ail this agreea with oommoo sense, unless the Ule that tb in tellrot is a binderanoa to Inngevity be oonsid erod nnreaaonsbt, and wo know that some of Ins must intellectual men have lived to great A Naw Cmxa AkrHAaar. Bishop Kllgio Cost, at Cheng-Tung, ia China, baa invested aa alphsbet of U IstUra, by whwb, it ia asid, all tb aoonda of the Chios langnsc oaa b rep- resented. Tb sbaracscr need by too Chinese number W,0UO. known agent At tobaooo dnpreeeee tno ayt tarn whils it ia producing it plsssurabl sen tion, and aa it prepare the muooua membrsM by oaueing a mar pormamwt ralaialioa a4 oongastion then any known agent to take oa oaUrrhal inlUmuislioo from evtu alight purar to oold, it should rtquir no fartbsr tvi lano to ahnw thst its as ought to b dlsooo tinusd by svery eaUrrbal patient. UrUUK itnlxat Journal. Fooa vs. Mkat. Aaoordiag to I)r. Kdward Hmith, an egg onUin ! of earhoej and t of nltmsea, Anotbsr writer eati mates that in vslus of I D), nf sggs, sa lood (or tasUlning th solivs fores of lbs haxly, la to the vales of 1 6V of Imo beef aa 1,64 to 000, A hash pro duoer, 1 R. of sggs it about ual to I lb. of beef. Tin N'sxT TsusaiT or Vastis Tb Frsocb A ilemy of Hotsnee ba appoiated a somnti etoa, adr tb freaidency of M. Daaaaa, to auk tb ary arraagsssMU for obssrviag tb trsnsit of Venn ia l'A