258 ' Various Breeds. 



*' tie" — the present object is to impart such 

 a degree of practical knowledge, as shall 

 be sufficient for the private family dairy, to 

 minister to the convenience of proprietors, 

 and to shield them from disappointment and 

 imposition. 



Our neat Cattle are divided into various 

 breeds or races, each distinguished by pe- 

 culiar quahties, the most important of which 

 are the natural propensity to breeding milk, 

 or making beef; with the former of which lies 

 our most material business. The EngUsh mil- 

 ly breeds chiefly are — the LancasJm^e and 

 Midla7id County Long-horns— the York- 

 shire, or Holderness SHORT-iioRNs-^-the 

 Sifffolk DVN3, the Natt, or hornless jR^c^Z)^- 

 vo?is. In Scotland^ the ayreshire and the 

 famous DUNLOP cows. — the Fifeshire and 

 Orkney — Homebreds, or mongrels, to be 

 found in all parts, many of which prove use- 

 ful dairy cows,— the Alderney. The long- 

 horned breeds generally excel in the quality, 

 the short-horned in the quantity of milk, in- 

 dividuals of the Holderness cows having 

 been known to produce the enormous quan- 

 tity of nine, and even ten gallons in a day. 



