Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, April 11, 1884, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Textn -5- i W.V.. WILLAMETTE PARMER: SALEM, OREGON, APRIL 11, 1884. '- ir" I '1 i i jfoih. POLLED ABERDEEN-ANQUS CATTLE. Extracts from a paper by John 11. Harvey, of Trullington stock farm, read before the Into Stock-Breeders' Conven tion at Lincoln, Nebraska : The Polled Aberdeen-Angus cattle dc rivo tlioirnamo from tlio shiro of Abei- dcen and the old sliiro of Angus, now mainly included in tho county of J-orfnr, and are probably indiginous to this lo cality. Aslar DacK ih wo can iraco uirin tboy havo been bied in those two coun ties, and aro found in greater numbers hero than any otber counties of Scotland. Tho l'ollcd Aberdcon-Angus cattle arc as a rulo uniformly black, with an outer and under coating of lino, deck hair, very soft and warm. Sometimes thuic ih a brownish rilrenk along the spine, and this U frequently peon in well bred cows of good individuality. White markings on tho belly and about the udder aro also frcnucntlv scon, and aro not coiibidored u defect, so long as wliito does not como upon tho bides; in fact, while on tho ndder is apt to indicato good milking qualiticH. A few groy hairs in tho switch arc not unusual or objectionable. Tn sizo they aro not smaller than tho other boof breeds, except possibly somo familios of Short-horns, although popu larly supposed to bo so ; thoir bodios aro Hijuarc, head projecting out on a lino wiUi the spine, and tho legs short. In -ivtight they rank with tho best. Tho heaviest animal competing for the three- year-old pnzo ut the l'.it btock-snow in Chicago this imbt fall was a fine Polled Aucidccn-Angus steer, brought from Scotland by Mossrs. (icary Uros., of Can ada. His weight was 2100 pounds. This breed of cattle aro of a gcntlo disposition whether being without horns has any cilect upon tlioir disposition or not, l am unablo to sty, but thoy aro cerU.inly very quiet and pleas int to handlu. Tho constitution of tho Abcrdecn-An gus is hard. Thoy seem to retain the roggedncss of their Highland piogoni tors, and to havo beon bred to develop the best feeding qualities. Wo find, aftor bringing them West, that thoy did not lose as most animals do, and have to be como acclimated ; but from tho day of their arrival seemed to thrive and grow. They scorn to havo an extraordinary nu tritive system, reuniting comparatively littlo food, and appropriating and thriv ing on it with little waste. Seem subject to few sicknesses, and show littlo sensi tiveness to tho oxtromos of either heat or cold of our climate. Thoy live to an old ago. As to tho milk qualities of the Polled Abordeon-Angus, I think they aro littlo understood, tho reputation of this breed being bo famous for beef that thoy havo not beon used to any extent as dairy cows. I havo known no brood, however, that make better mothcrs.their calves thriving and crowing rapidly, and tho cows keeping in lino condition al though nursing, often giving enough milk for two calves tho first six wooks. In London their beef is quoted at the top of tho market, and at Christmas timo it brings two cents per pound abovo tho market. Ono of tho greatest events in Abordocnsliiio is tho shipment of cur loads of Micro cattle, by special trains, to tho cities for tho holiday market; and wo understand that it is nn Aberdeen Angus roast that usually graces tho tablo of Queen Victoria on Christum. In Chicago two Abeideon-Angus cat tle wcro killed a two-year-old anil a cow. Tho fat instead of being in groat rolls or layers on tho outer part of tho back and down tho sides, causing wasto and ol eosa to Ixith putchcr and eonBunier, was very delicately marbled through the lean, producing tho most delicious moat, and was prunonncod by somo of our city epicuivs as tho finest beef thoy had ever eaten. hi looking over tho average of eighty eight public) salos, from lSfiO to 188'J, I find tho nvorago to bo from 100 to $500 per head. Prom 1881 until tho present timo thero has been a renmrkablo boom in tho price of Aberdoon-Anus cattlo in Scotland. In 1882-3 tho demand for this breed of cattlo in America was greater than tho supply, and piieos ad vanced accordingly, so that the averogo price at tho present time for registered oattlo of good families in Abonloensliiro is in tho noighlwhood of from ?500 to $000 per head, soino extra animals sell ing for from $1,000 to .r,000 each. Tho cuius for tho you 18S3 in America foot up a grand total averago price for !W0 Aberdeen-Angus cattlo of f.llti.'iS por head. Compiled from Hreedors, Gazette. CROSSBRED 8HK0F8UIRX3. Mr. J. 11. Hoyt, president of the Cali fornia Wool (Jrowers' Association writes tho following intercoms letter to tho Timw Wool (irower: This W tlm llrst opportunity I havo had to bo able to answer your inquiries. As to food. 1 ura but little Kriiin. I feed htock riiiiisi duriugM-mcej after they aro reasoned to it, nil die onts tli.it they will eat quick and ole.ui not having any iu their trough. Food twice a day. After tho tubbing mmpoii in over give a light feed oik'o a day until green gr.is-s (Mule, For owes, ussoone-lnlf bran and one-halt crushed barley. Itegjn about fqur to six weeks U'foro lambing. Peed one-half pint per head jor feed. Merinos fevd twieo a day, Sbrqliiivi once. Dux iiig the ilay iluwo oim run in the fields, but como in at their jiloanro to the bilrns, where, to help them out in the want winter feed, they tlnd in racks straw and chair plaeoil daily. To tho cros bml cwo do not gi vo any grain, but lot tlicin luno tlio samo onnortuntty of aowm to tho straw and chuff as tho full bloods. Tho oroM-brods do uot ne'd grain, for thoy are to the sheep family,' in hardiness what the mule is to the horse. I will turn them out against any sheep ever bred to exist where other sheep will starve. As to weight, much depends on handling and quality of range. My full blood Shrophires will make, as I keep them, 200 to 250 pounds weight for rams two years of ago and over. A fow might fall under. The ewes would probably average 25 per cent. less, llie cross breeds, in tue urst cros, weigh nearly if not quite as much as the full bloods. If tho full bloods could havo extra good feed they would make far heavier sheep than the cross breeds, but tho crosB-brccds being so cry hardy and thrifty develop the best on moderate feed. For the benefit of some of tho readors of your paper, I will state that my croes bred is the rosult of crossing the rslirop fahire ram on the thoroughbred Spanish Merino cwo. The fleece throughout is comparatively oven in quality iu both the first and second crossing. In 1S82, at the State lair, a centle- man aked me, on seeing my sheep on exhibition: 'Jfow were these sheep bred?' I told him. His next leinarlc was : "This is tho most satisfactory re sult J Iiac over seen ;" and went on to say : "1 know nothing of breeding, but havo dono nothing all my life but handle wools and woolens. Those fleeces aro romarkablo, oven in quality. Tho or dinary flecco tho manufacturer makes eight qualities of here is but four, and there is a sheep that will give but two." Ho then got into tho pens and showed mc. These woro the first cross. This gentleman was Mr. L. Walker, now the writer on the San Francisco Grocer and Country Merchant on Wools and Woolens. You ask as to weight of fleece com pared with tho Merino. If I should take 200 full blood Spanish Merino ewes, breed 100 to a No. 1 Spanish Merino ram, tno otnor iuu to a anropehire ram, on shearing tho progeny, as often as I got 100 pounds of wool from the straight Spanish I would get 90 pounds or more of tlio cross-breed wool. This cross-breed wool would bring tho highest market price in our market and find quick sales, while the full blood would be hard to work off at 10 per cent less price. In tho second cross, you rcduco the sizo when using Merino rams. On tho other hand on u-ing the Shrop;hiros you, if any thing, increase it. The quality of fleece follows tho sires. In tho second Merino cross, nine-tenths will bo comparatively dry, while tho other tenth will be quite oily, yet all good length of staple and very stylish. It may not bo out of place to give you nn extract from a letter writ ten by ltobt. Taylor, Rawlins, Wyoming : "J lave mm bucks in tor last throo weeks. Am uing 32 from you, and am more than satisfied with their qualities as riutlors. In a band of 5,000 they aro looking fully as won to-day as when turned out. Also with the wool ; most 'of them have got noble fleeces. It soems to mo to look and fool finer as it incicases in long'h. I feel satisfied now that the one-fourth of Shropshire blood is very valuable as an nctual improvement on the wool and constitution of the sheep, but I would by all means ondeavor to keep the size of tho carcass while getting in tho three-fourths Merino. Mr. Giddings, of Fresno county, this State, says at two years, from a half-blood Shropshire, ho can make 200 pound wethers. His raugo is nn alfalfa one. I staled that feed had much to do with growth and sizo. James Koberts,of Al ameda county, got a full blood ram from mo. At about twenty months of age ho showed it at tho Stnto Fair. It then weighed 270 ixnuuls. Next year ho ncain had it in the show yard, when the scales were tipped at .178 pounds by tins ram. You havo a Mr. James Thomix-on, of San Antonio, or Frio, that formeily lived in Napa county, California. JIe had somo very good Southdowns while here. Ho crossed livo owes with Shrop"l.ircs by sending them to my ranch. 1 never saw the rosult, but he told mo ho got what ho called an ini'-iwod Southdown, more sizo and more wool. Mr. Williams, of Kerr & Williams, butchers, Sun Francisco, says : "The first lot killed wcro lambs that ciimo in Jan uary, killed tho next Christmas. Thoy averaged 105 pounds net; gavo 5.25 for them, 100 head." There wero three- quarters Shropshire from common owes, and had the benefit of luxuriant raugo all tho time. Next lot of 450 head were from dilferent f rmcrs in 3uiuu vulloi , consisting of owes, lambs, and some two year old w others. That baud a erased 80 M)nuds net; somo of them went as high us 1 10 pounds." Our weight hero aro for dressed carcass, not gross, which would bo twice ns much. Mr. Williams further states: Thit if these sheep mo well cared for from common ewes they will dress 125 pounds nt two years old. Alo bought tXK) from H. K. McClure, of Dixon, which dressed GO pounds, but there was not much Shropshire m them. of Illinois, and now the property of R. W. Carey, Esq., Salem, Oregon. Imp. Constaule, (Vol. VIIL) : Calved May 5, 1882 ; bred at Hillhurst, Canada. Now owned by R. W. Carey, of Salem. First dam, Cowslip of Glamis, (3313) ; 2d dam, Cowslip 2d, (3004); 3d dam, Cowslip, (1709) ; 4th dam, Daisy of Drumin, (025); 5th dam, Young Lucy, (047); Cth dam, Lucy of Portlethen, (287); 7th dam, Young Miss Alexander, (in), om nam, miss Aiesunuer, vuoi;. First sire, Nnrthcka, A., (1578); 2d sire, Sir Wilfred, (1157); 3d sire, John Itright, (042); 4th sire, Clansman, (398); 5th sire. Defiance, (397); (ithsire, Young Panmuro, (232); 7th sire, Fyvie, (13) 8th dam, Sir Alexander, (10). Medici cal Use of Tar. Tar is highly nseful.in various detail' in sheep management, a3 in somekindi of topical shelter, and ah an application to cuts from clippingaml to parts affect ed by tho fly. It serves cithor alone or in combination with some fatty substance to protect tho sore or diseased feet of cattle from beine further injured by wet or abrasion ; and when spread upon coarsj cloth, it is a prime covering for broken horns, and makes an excellent application -to various kinds of wouni s and punctures in cattle. A mixture if equal parts of tar and tallow, by tho use of heat, makes a good stopping for dis cased feet ; and a mixture of equal parts of tar and lard oil is an excellent dress ing for hoofs. "A liniment, composed of two parts of tar, two of cocoanut oil, and ono of yellow wax, is a good dressing for mango and efficient detergent in most kinds of scabby, eruptive, skin affections in the iiorso ; but requires to be rubbed in with a piece of hair cloth or with n rather stiff brush. Tho rectified oil of tar, popularly called spirit of tar, inked with twice its bulk of hsh od, when rub bed with a brush ovpry night, on both crust and solo, is an eminently gcod aj plication for hardness and brittlencss in horses feet. BREEDER AND IMPORTER OK WKmMMMmEWSlmMi "' " " flivmtm2ii.( r? mnRflJwsa i(u,u v ),vrmmi . ' " " '-''"" "" "If" 'm'WUMeot Motford. mam mwmwmmii;.w ''.w'lWjUH'nrww ii." r -' v .Shropshire Downs, Leicester Sheep nml Essex Swine. Whiteakev, Mnrlon County, Oregon. Oak Lawn Stock Farm. R. W. Carey, Salem, Ogu. .... Imp rtcr and Breeder of sSHHpBirfMlli Brenrira mwmmwji "yigH $300 FOR Mm flHIBft SSIHK vm&mimfmSKm9K- 1 &KKKmiiMmmMBWMMm. n s;"55'tt "wnSifi SaVi iW wTf i nfTT A UKKIEF.., A.N'liU uBd JERSEY ATI LIS, jl CotswnM, hhi opshire,and American or Improved Spanish Uir no Sheep of the Lest Vermont blood. Alw Short Nosed, dished fice, Enzliah Berkshires. Sonlco (coot Abcrdecns, $35; Jernty, 10. Tbe Mulr In create for the Year for Hair. jtnlluiC Dundee Mortgage & Trust Investment Co., Ld. Capital authorized .... Capital snli.rrlbcd.. ., Head office 13 Psnmure St., Loral Wlreetars In .. ftt.eoo.floo ., .. t,:iu,iio Dundee, Scotland. I'nrtland. DONALD MACLEAV, Em., B. KILLIN, r Attorncyj,."Ettiiiger 'I Bourne. 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I'll'rl l.fltl Mllinhli. rield ven InrirH. a. minv a 9i innuhf. helot. c.wuu wii .iiiiiiu iiuc. .lau'itiiiviuu Miny urn, jiuiri Iran mtnucii'ina. me earnest sweet wrinhlt-d pta. :n I rntid.eit lutlit t I'miillliiMrr. early: viry large, pute white heads. larly Aumiiiert'iililinee, the hett ail lablov-c. I milium tint Unltli fuhlwsi-, the Ijcxtliivc, lite larictles. I't-rlri'ili n llarluill ilrry, large, sclm, uliltt, of the fii.ist flavor lllniiniilnle I'rnrl Oiilon,ijttr.iojrl. pure uhlto. Innilp-lull) l'urilfTaii Munlrli. IIullow Crown Tar iiliw. rillp-f Hen, the larlie-t Wood toriilp beet. D.nmr' lliilMonedirroti., best niarkt ariety. I'erlvrlli.H Mlillr Spine t'lirunilirr. i w .Vmllimrr 'li.ninto. F.vrr- Ktfti Millet, r.r forase plant .11 AIM II 1 1: t -. OV-. SI 1 1) A.XM'AL Kilt I8S4, tbe u.0 t Coinpl jicCa nloue eici pu) Ihlicd. A lalunl lo book foi nirv I'cm er and O-rdener. It contains denriutioni a d pr vo of rurlnMr, lloMrr. FIilil. Uiii. Iliiwriiiiil lirr Krvilm Tro n,i r lower seals natlnj of tho l'udflc Coast; Au.tralbn Tries and l.rul t-etd; srult Trees and Smali I'llllli. All the vaiitties best sdant'd for tho Hailllc uoa.t. Mnn '.w nrrl Ti.n RWM? t.n1 i,ia..a t Jtuac. Tn.and for NEW CATALOGUE. Address. Thomas A. Cox & Co., 409 Sansome St., San Francisco, Cal ImarcliSmG FRESH SEEDS! NEW FIRM ! NEW STOCK ! NO OLD STOCK WARMED OVER! Tho l'mtnjND Xriii:i:Y and Seed Company lias just lecdved a lot of superior weds, and is now piepared to fill largo or small orders at Eastern pricos BW CATALOGUE HIKE. SEXD FOR ONE to ebltf IUU rOKTLAKD NURSERY AKD SEED CO., 82 Morrison Street, Portland, Oregon. Established is 1857. Soma Aberdeen Pedlsrtei. Kino or Ouanoe,(8J12): The progeny of Itfibvlln's ltcs, (5258), mul Lustre, (20(W). ImIioIIu'o Hex was siml by EiHtr Hoy, (11032); by Hex, (1330) j by Colt Jr., (S2.ri), ho by ini)ortel bull Hob Hoy,(17). Tho dam of Isabellas lies was Lady IuWlla, (7430) ; out of T-uly EliaUnstli, (275 V. S. Royal Hen! Book)'; out of buly Jano, (271 F. S.)s eho by SuHiiiu, (7, V. K. hlulily commended. Lustra was nirod by Ornngo Peel, (120, F. S); by Cknu'jil, (01, F. S., II. C); by Willio, (12, F. S. 11, C). also winner of scvoml jiriio of JtrMy in lSill. Tho dam of l.n-tro tins Loobct, (5W)), with a tvoonl of iOtlSJ jhiuuiIh of milk in 2G5 days; out of the iiuuurUxl oow Laura, (Odli). King ol unuiga vran cal red on August S3, 1882. Bred by Gh&a. H. Dole, SLBSON, CHURCH & CO., Shipping and Commission MERCHANTS Nurllirasf Comer r Ash and Freni rftfs, PORTIsAMO, OREGON. sucl-tf THE WELL KNOWN MITCHELL WAGON, E SAME ALSO . MAKE rpn Sl'RIXG WAdONS. RUCK BOARDS. I'll AFTONS and BIIOUIES. Mitchell. Lewis & MANUFACTURERS. Co., Iacltte Caast llraar a Island ll Irunt M., I'urlland, Oman. W. 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