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ee hi and mellow feel of the hide and flesh, that swell and

elton fullness of the fattening points, and other indica-| Hun sin tions of thrift, from general appearance, so much q Ms Ceautfil better intuitively known to, than described by, H practical men, must be the purchaser's guide. I: former the have a shorter rule; I have seldom»known any f » 4 princina healthy animal, well furnished in the loins, and with tr, very thi short legs, which would not make fat, sooner or| wrning up af later. Much has been said amongst us sages of the* hips, rump, shambles, about the propriety of Jaying the great- f ably stra est weight of meat upon the most valuable parts; a the thish and what has given the idea a most ridiculous

when fat air, is, that in the North the most valuable parts

14h, fore- lie before, in the South, behind! After all, per-

“worked haps too much consequence is attached to such

notions, in theory I mean; for an animal, céte- ris paribus, will produce aggregate weight, which ts the chief object, in proportion to the regularity of

with the vill after-

putter per nines that his shape. But in the markets of the South, hin- 7 do. not der quarters bear the highest price, as in reason

I think they ought, since the flesh in those parts, is of the closest texture, most savoury, and most nu- tritious. There are animals of all the species which

t 1s much

ot FAT:—;

; never will fatten} and some of them deceive the upon the See,- t COWS best practical judges. Every body is aware, that full 0 y

aged beasts, and such as have laboured, will take on

n, pocket i ee fat best; but even young cattle of great. growth,

onvenienl:

ees if well formed, will be made sufficiently fat for

the mole}.°::

a any purpose, with care and high keep. The opi-

ane nion, that quick feeding is all in all, is absurd in

ay.a74ss DY..:

r-g138) this view also: the feeder’s interest may, from sea-

yi! f exe A*

ite son, the state of the markets, or other c'rcumstances; ! KK require

vet elastiC,

and

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