Nuhou, Volume II, Number 23, 14 October 1873 — Improved Stock Again. [ARTICLE]

Improved Stock Again.

; it\ ihe' i dis'cii66iō j Q of this subject ia our ]asfc Fri!av"g issae ? we appear to iguore eeHam import.a* ( :kng of liorBes; and \ve are reminded tliat twoor • bf good breed have heen imported •\ :t'n tlie paet twelve mouths hy Mr. E. IL -i o:here. We are glad to notice. this, and to * • that there ie no iaore puhlle epirited enter-l-rlse than.,the/importation of improved stoek, v h importations are positive henefaetionB to ihe eountry, nnd $hquld reeeive a hounij or pre> mnim from the Goveroment We will mention a t mall inetanee under our own obBerYation, of thc v t !ae-of an aoima! of improved breed. Wepaid „bout £ix yearB ag6« one liundred do]lars for a pure x >7veā merino bu<&« Ai that Ume, onr elip ! areJy avemged two pounde per ōeeee, but after a 'apN. of fivc jeat£ % the aveftsge increabed to fbur t and a quarter, more tban doub!e; andan n}*\\emefct- of over 2,000 lbe. gf wool on everjr eheep wae due a!togetber to iwh

b!ood and flnc ōeeee of tbat one buci. Arj<J ifj we wcre pajing p.roj»er attentiurj to bufcijae£S, we ought to impprt from thc beet etu(j farme of tbe Colonies, at leaei half a dozen good buck« everj year, Our grazier6 ought< to bring the average ol j everj fleece in t'he Islandß up to eight pounds or more ae the islande c*ou!d eorafortablj take care of half a million of eheep without interferin<z with planting intere6te ; we ought to espurt wool to thc value of one million or inore dollare. Our ranchmen 6hould graduallj acquire a etoek of cattle possessed of thefinestfatteningqualitie?, I -r-deetroy the 4t scrags," and reiieve the Eufiering; land of tens of thousands of wild brutes, tbat are; among the heaviest cursee this decaying country! has to en<Jure. ! $exfc to the curse of wild cattle, is that of scrub horees. The excess of poor poniea in these isl> ands ie an injuty to the people, and a positiYe hurfc to the land. A.s fencing material ie ecarce and difficult to procure, the small cultivator isso liable to the depredations of serub efcock, tbat he gives up all culture or improvement in deepair» and although he may have the law to assist him, he would rather live poorly in peaee without a patch, than to have one to litigate about. Now better breeds of animale wouldallbemore easily managed. The purer the breed, of hoi*se, bullock, or shecp, the gentler ,ifc is. ,Just as a hunian being proves good blood and good culture by j]uietness of epee-eh and deportment. And thus, a supcriov aniiual is not only valuable ofc aeeounl of improved fleeh, fieece, or strength; but also valuable on account of being so easily kept. Ap we havc suggesteu beforc a large pure breed Spanish Jack would be of incalculable value to tbese islands. We are sati6fied that an abundantsupply of large sized mules would be tbe most deeirable working stock for our plantatione. Some of our plantations need about 20,000 acree of land in ordgr to furnish a supply of feed all the year round, for their working cattle. Mules w T ould need no such waste of land for their support> and if they could be gofc of sufficient size, and in sufficicnt quantities, they would bc in ihe mosfc of situations, a deeirable substitute foroxen as working anuuals, A few good jacks would thus;efiect a desirable revolution in the opcration of plantations, and would relieve mueh good land fiom an 6ppreeeive burthen of eattle.

lf $25,000 had been s]x?nt iiYC years ago in the importation of varioue improved stock, the agricultural and raucli intereste of thesc islands might be worth at least one million dollars more in consequence. But we have imported inste&d several $25,000 worth of dry goods more than we needed ; and we are perhaps a million dollars poorer in consequenee. It is a shamc to us to iuiport so many dry goods. We literally scrape these poor bare islands, in oruer to ride in a buggy and to put fi3iery on our backs. H#" Following ie ihe progn\mme ol music at tho IlotcJ grounds by the llatf§iiaii Liilitarj liand for Thursday evei}ing r.est, commencing at eight o'eloek : r>»r i. R*vsr«\ j n Marcb 3cr^vr Ovtttnfe—Oper» Henel Thou an tso New aud yet Kw ♦ *Rekhikrvit t'glaiicc lVika Ma*urXa. £fcolT u. I\D r«so,ua-e bccL:?ta Reineiabraci o cf Heme » .Biqht UynaoKameh&iueha 1...i Viuleis—Wa'ii., ..».