INDIANA FARMER.
Bevotca to Agriculture, Horticulture, Vlccbnnics anfl tI»o  Useful Arts.
D. P. Holloway, W. T. Dennis,)
K.T.Keed.—Editors.        ]
RICHMOND, JUNE 15, 1854.
(Holloway & Co., Publisher*.
i    Vol. 3 No. 18«
Table of Contents:
274 p  Feeding Sheep, ^o; Rotting of fence posts.
275 p lUt and Weasel; Draining Tile and Pipe; Farmers should
be writers; Fruit.
276p. House ornaments; Fire kindler.
277 p. Trial of Corn Planters; MeAvoy's Strawberry; Current
Crop; Prospect for fruit.
278—'79pp. Proper time ror cutting grass; Transplanting Trees;
Turnips injurious to succeeding crops; WhiteFlaxseed; Bones
4n the garden; Sugar Pine in Oregon; Strawberry culture.
280—'81 pp. Editorials: Notices of Reapers and Mowers, Fine
Stock, Sheep, Corn Crusher; How many potoatoes per acer?
Pure juice of the grape; Budding; Rhubarb and Ashes; Flows,
Harrows, Cultivators, &c; Wheat, &c; Dead Animals; Currants; Bush your Tomatoes, &c.
282—'83 pp. To the Farmers of Ind.; Cleanliness; Painting Im
pigments; Orchard grass; Gapes; Bone felon; Mad Dogs.
284 p. Corn Culture; Keep birds from fruit; Wash for sunburn;
Fruit Profits; Great Men*.
285 p. Harrowing; To procure Guano; Taming Horses.
280 p. Bree ling Turkeys! Trial of Plows; To elean mirrors.
287 p. Feeling Cows;Training Colts; Poisoned Animals,
288 p. Sowing Corn for Folder; Peach Grubs.
How shall Sliort-Iforii Cattle Toe Improved!
It is conceded by all whose judgment and experience are of any value, that Short-Horn cattle, as a whole, are superior to any other breed,
and that in the loin, quarters, brisket, handling,
early maturity, and quick feeding, they particularly excel; and for milking, when properly bred,
taking the average quantity and quality into consideration, they are unsurpassed. '
What then do Short-horn cattle lack to give
them perfection?
We answer, that in comparison with the recently improved Devons, they are generally inferior in girth around the heart; they lack their
full, meaty crops; and have nothing comparable
to their fine shoulders, forming that beautiful
symmetrical outline,   gradually   lessening and
uniting them to tho neck. In the set of the head
the Short-horn is equal to the Devon, it is also
rather finer in its anatomy; but in brilliancy and
beauty of eye; the latter excels. There are exceptions to this remark upon the eye, in some
few tribes of Short-horns; among which are the
true Duchess, as bred by Mr. Bates, and the
Princess as bred by Mr. Stephenson—no Devons
ever excelled their eyes.
We now come to the question which heads
this article, How shall Short-horn cattle bo improved?
Simply by choosing those bulls that have all
the good qualities in  perfection, in which tha
Short-horns now excel, and which are also superior in the eye, shoulders, and girth round tha
heart.    These should be bred from in preference
to all others.   .In this choice of bnlls take the
youngest, as the improvement is likely to be more
rapid from them.    The reason Tor this is, that as
bulls grow older, their shoulders grow coarser,
and as like produces like,  calves by very a*<red
bulls are not generally so  fine as those got by
younger ones.    By steadily persevering m this
course, we may at length arrive at perfection in
cattle.   The   improvement,   however,   will be
slow; and we trust that those who commence it,
will not be impatient in their attempts.    It has
taken nearly a half century to breed off the coarse
dewlap, and put on the fine head and symmetrical shoulders of the Devon—his great girtri
around the heart we believe he originally possessed.—American Agriculturist.
LEAViTT'S IMPROVED PORTABLE MILL.
The above cut represents a valuable Improvement in Portable Mills, adapted to the various
Grinding and Crushing purposes of a farm, which are now required and found so profitable in the
improved modes of feeding Stock.
This will be referred to in the next number; and for sale at a low price by the first of July   by
J. K. BOSWELL, Richmond, Ind.