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best cow ; but she failed in her two forward teats, and now 

 she gives only eight quarts." He had her brought out, and I 

 examined her. I said, " That accounts for her only giving 

 eight quarts." Half her bag was gone. A very interesting 

 query them rose in my mind. Was this bastard-mark de- 

 veloped by the accident to this animal ? Here was a cow 

 that had given sixteen quarts, and had fallen off to eight. 

 I knew nothing about it. I only examined the posteriors of 

 the animals as I went along from row to row. He did not 

 know any thing about the bastard-mark ; had never watched 

 it, and did not know any thing about it. 



Question. What do you think about it ? 



Mr. Hazard. Well, sir, I should not be surprised if it 

 was. I should rather think it was. But then my wish 

 might be father to the thought. You know I have a hobby 

 to ride about the escutcheon. I might say that that is the 

 natural explanation of it, and some people might say that I 

 was riding a hobby, and it may be so ; but, in my judgment, 

 I think it was. 



Mr. Ware. How did it appear to you that she gave only 

 eight quarts ? 



Mr. Hazard. I thought, although she had a fair-sized 

 bag, it did not appear healthy and vigorous, and I judged 

 something from the yield of that breed in the country where 

 you find it. 



Mr. Had wen. Did you mean to give the doctor to under- 

 stand that she only gave eight quarts in her full flow ? 



Mr. Hazard. Yes, sir. She would rapidly fail. 



The Chairman then introduced Arthur A. Smith, Esq., 

 of Coleraine. 



SHEEP AND LAMBS. 



BY AKTHUE A. SMITH. 



Mr. Chairman, — Permit me to preface this paper with 

 the following ancient testimony in favor of the sheep. So 

 long ago as the year 1534, Fitzherbert, in his " Book of Hus- 

 bandrie," had this to say in behalf of the sheep. 



"A husbande cannot well thryve by his come without he have other 

 cattell, nor by his cattell without come. And because that sheepe, in 

 myne opynyon is the mooste profytablest cattell that any man can have; 

 therefore I pourpose to speake fyrst of shepe." 



