Breed For Meat Instead Of Fat

The inexpediency of fattenlng np cattle highly is nol admitted by lireertij ■ fasMonable" stock, as an Dpposite courseis conducive to their interests ; but if it can be proven Lhat ling is bijurious to the health of the animal, and undesirable to the purchaser and consumar, the tion is arrived ai I . The chlef aim ui' breeders of eattle at home has been t.he bulk, ehiefly made up of fat, wMch, in the shape oí Eood, might suit the wants otan Esquimaux or Laplandej", or even a aorthi ian, but certainly is uot sutti l to . ■ i Of the nhaliilnnis ! ■ .i Lea. The origin of the practice of fattening to such an extent miglit possibly ice of courp tive shows of stock, at which shows the judgee often thun otherwise chosen trom among the 'ge epers to whom it is probable tlui! the point, the value as blitchef's incai, is the last thing eoBsidered, and the first placo is generally given to a beast which weuld be re; byajuryof butchersas unworthy of notice. SmaU bones, a thm Bkin, epat, and suph chaja Istics, no doubt are desirable in n beasi [atended Cor the shambles. because indícate flneneas of breed in the animal; and a dejicacy of Ihivnr in the h lüoh s tiot lo be found in I oarse breed and nature; the numwho vvould hail the appearau an ex' y limited. A preponderanc fatinajoini may be prbfitable to the cook, bul so to tjie housel ■ ' ortlon of lat In a joint tend i U tender, iiicv and digestible; but r there ia too niiicii it spuiirt the nieat, rirs, we al] I '■ so :i is of ni use inmarkfit, and the only way in whicli it can be utilized is by putting it down in salt. Ii is more than quesi ionable whei superfluity oí íat is cgnducive tó the health of tho animáis themselves. Por ■ ■ ii, is well bnown I iicy ihíií;! lown to a moderate eondition. There is qo doubt thal .1 with ; of lal löiy, and that the meat IVoin an animal excessively fat ib unwhotesome. Some ■ urther Ln Englaïid, and feed the animáis Erom a saupoón, with a Lew toputtingona few more pounds of fat. It is to be regretted thattbey cannot.be puixished Eor crueltj to animáis. The graai point,ii) our opinion,should be abt the manufacture of ;i mase of fat, but the prnductton of an animal w iiidi eau lic eoni Brted Into tender, wholesome meat 11 is certain that if this plan wereadopted uure I fta woiild be no qualification, and the Mili i' i. lic.'ist wou ld bo decjded on