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It is poffible, that each of the two kinds of 
cows may be moft proper, for the particular pur- 
pofes for which they are kept. But the fupporters 
of the Devonfhire cows fay, that they are equally 
good milkers with the long-horned fpecies; and 
yet, that they are fo much {maller, and eat fo much 
lefs food, that three of thefe may be kept on the 
fame land as will keep two long-horned cows. If 
this can be proved, the queftion is decided at once. 
There feems to be an increafing opinion of the 
merits of the Devonfhire kind, and, perhaps, if 
half fo much care and attention had been paid to 
the breed of the Devonfhire cows, as has been be- 
ftowed on the long-horned kind, it is probable thar 
the former might have been ftill more improved, 
and that the comparifon might have been much 
more in their favour. 
Whatever may be the real comparative merits 
of the two kinds of cows for the dairy, there is 
not a doubt but the Devonfhire kind are the moft 
proper for fatting; and as to the oxen bred from 
the two kinds, it would be injuftice to the Devon- 
fhire oxen, even to makeacomparifon between them. 
Swine.—Pigs are looked upon to be a neceflary 
appendage to every dairy farm; a great number 
are bred with the whey and offal of the dairy, and 
many fatted; barley-meal, mixed with the whey, 
is the general fatting food; peafe are not fo much 
ufed as formerly. 
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