DOWENEED IMPORTYED STOCK.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 31, 11 February 1875, Page 3

DOWENEED IMPORTYED STOCK.

, If any argument, were wanted to prove that fine pure-bred bulls afr&nbt-* required,, the results"©.^ 3>f , jChpuyel's dale ou*^t'^. ! fcfe!!M^M& J .' J !?t should W^f^tiyi ua&gjsfp<j&} &-*6 *}& v/ths' } re IBTA'l BT A' jSfflifte Wl tation of cattle had qeem prohibited tor two years, M. Cbauyel, -Esq.,-of-3?abulum, offered " i*n,tthe7cfty jo£ S-yrdnejQas^fih^fra-.lbttlo'fe! tiqlls as ever breathed the same, air, ia* <Wniak, qeiye bidders for quarter of the pure--1 bred ijerd, as oferad^^^^na^fe'^w^-l^ understock of stock from Bnglanq was absolutely ?equft^^a^tVhte*ipl#e find a lot ®f

Sanimals, afffihb and-pufe-bred^ ordilutely a drug in the market here, is it possible jtjQ make ' people belnjve that men arereallvin earnest after a good thing?, Had M. Cbauvel asked fabulous prices, or-had He brought the dregs of his fine stud to the hammer, there might have been • some excuse, ;. some" show of reason. 4 s , !!• -f s ». however, there is clearly no argument, in favor of imp'ortatibh. There is,', by the squatters ' own shovving,' hb necessity 'for' the general importation "of animals that Came here in crowds over. two years ago. lam prepared to go further, and Assert that a great deal of.nobility and. beauty acquired by maiiy of Our ' finest animals is simply accomplished with the spoon. Any .first-class breeder will fell you that the price of any, pure bred animal is generally fpxed by tj^e quantity of food consumed. Some of the finest pedigree animals ever imported were hardly ever looked at, when placed Reside a three-quarter bred plump fine animal, so that I consider all this utter, dependence on importation weakens, tlhe energies of breeders. If* any of the best of M. ChauveTs received the same care arid feed, arid nursing given to some of our prize-takers, they would tell a pretty tale. Imperial Purple the. 9 th, as a calf, was neglected by his owners and despised by the judges, but after nursing, care ancl feed gave him a foremost place among all competitors We ,^ee, too, Mr " Lamb r cpnj|iig~ down" with calves bred froha' cattlb' wtich havb never troubled the ring, and from a Dull never placed, yet these, young bulls and heifers are a source of great annoyance both to imported, and other youngsters the direct progeny of imported;' and did, we ever see anything to equal Mr Morton's youngsters— I the product bf incessant care and good management? I want then to say that our herds will riever improve so long as sole dependence is placed oh foreign blood. Not ! thing enervates stock holders , more ; than -this. ' The constant' knowing oftihis feeding robs* them of their native powers and leaves them ' tjje \ slaves of i the British market. Tiie .deyelopment of the English breed of cattle owes its. existence less to the infiisipri of foreign Moo4jtlian it does to'ithje game* and'; plucky prosecution of home breeding; and if we are to'be what certainly we ought to be we must stbp Sucking this lmboriation teat and triist; without fear to ; tlje manly efforts of our colonial preeders. It takes a ;epn'siderable ■ number' of years to get out of the Plough ,of beggarly dependence, into •.ybicji this country was jperpiitted tQ Sink ; it, was a depth of utter' : helpless-; ness, a depth of \ mud and muck ' and; slbWh, riot often. witnessed, riot only in r pnb thing ;but in -many,; and,* like great[ bellojrving -calves, we ar6 sjili'. croaking ■afterl-the , British ' beasts. Jt ;was" cer-i tainly "a^great consolation to wean us,i out nothing less. than the -feat of our /air did it. Biit '"there is some danger pf the old demoralising appetitije | Coming in.again.. : ; | b I ; >Htiw;is ! it that many of the- imported caftldlbok better than the WhyV=- because they ate' y better ' fe<j,, bettern\irsed, and better fiar^d for in* every way. We 'have often\;seea im^pbVted animals not look ariy thing- likfe as-Jwgll as f M. Chauvel'^ l^/ ( ' but car-^ feeding] l" 'nursing, boiled ( *cprn, maize meal,< treacle knp.ts, tonic fbody barley, jWmp'kihs!; &c, &c , made all the afteri m^Pere.n^'e:; Nost of the importeU[ animals-'^re kept up to shqw^.. condition,! and .hence the " difference.^ A But we* have never seen a finer calf than Mor-r ton's DuUe of ' Derrimntt or Triples Brunswich, except M. Chauvel's Clarence Gem : aj^d Clarence Gem, though' when dropp'ed'a. fihe.'squa.rellcJlf^ ..there were 'ojhtjifei -v^bi^h,] loo^fed equally -_as* good in the same stua,. ( but tlTen the Gem was favorite, and : came in for the lion's share ,of fine r\,tti'Bi*qg,„and. to-day .she repass It all; btife iFthet) ! th^rs i 'h'a'd r3 a 4haro of all this care bestowed on ; British 1 stock we should have much finer colonial than we haves -If wi.il be ■ seen; then- |hat, all itbis .craving- after ; foreign, ;bJpod,.destrojs aal t the natiy.e ' pride. and .powers^ an,d ■ leaves! ,v? mere ; serfs..".".' V^iv'not, X}M above all'^tliis t \vhy not' buckle !dow^ !7 wiili ? ibcre*i'se'd^ defefmitfed-'Yeeling^Mly'eqn^'^to 'fhe' d ilfcy ,■ a rid *'«?ith^ : a f bfav6 r detei*minStiOn r peatihto fi'ts^all things British*; -"■ : ■■■ '. *"--'■■ : . '•■ ' r *> >'> *-' ' '/;:;' ,

When *dy sentry, pr/scourSj- occur in d horse 'orrbulloekirip^ water, formed ! b*y) boiling 1 : rice in water until it is vecy ibft-.shQuld be the sple drink, and givgn wberccoick The ft>od should be dry fyay. apd.-pjb.ppp^d.^o^^pr pa^a , s coarsely be given to a horse to hck, daily. . It thfse.do not cjwe, v^/qiiSft a 6f r^^rijiTK'' , (ri*& 'b'biltfd 1 ih' milk' niitit J sof tl, £tfambd' •■}hoVlltt Jl! Kfc *$&& -''rr^u^it!^ pettier* Al-tiMj^wifcfar an- ohnce of ilaudanUmv'i .' lf * the purgatioa!* stilt .» cohtimies^itberafQlT, 'liowing may .be i :admini9fieaffi4 l -:.^.l*i. ; pj[?ii , i chalk ffli^ture,j baii^ci|n <i: *9^ace 0 %ctiye Of catechu* and one dram of powdered' (jpium. .T*hn>fboid ?hojul*4 be bdneH fi nce L and.^^y.^ii^ejdi^^ rice-water. This mtter treatment should only bft.resQxted tior A^tei ptfti-ant>triai J with iheTotherif vithoW^M-i^^-^^^-ii te'HfroO °X iest methb%*W*MclhWm& to l mfosttet irfeasilw-sMuced^o^owaeft Siropl«^^«n^lifc*k>&d'tiirie r tatrtjtoit= ? fhßtefn^ratttra^f iseOtiog^e&d bmfctn. i these matter#brittfer*^U'«^;td* i (piil-rd4; burning v