260 Cow-jobbers — Caution. 



to allow a proportionate price. Should he 

 prefer to take pot-luck nearer home, let him 

 beware of relying on his own judgment 

 solely, unless that be very mature, for cow- 

 jobbers, and horse-jockies, have ever been 

 cater-cousins ; and I, who have consider- 

 able experience of them both, have never 

 seen the least symptoms of thek probable 

 degeneration. He ought to be reminded, 

 also, of another fact, least his expectations 

 should be too sanguine ; it is, that great 

 and deep milking are sufficiently rare, even 

 in our most milky breeds ; and that among 

 cows, great milkers are about as scarce as 

 good horses. Indeed, this produce is so ex- 

 tremely valuable, that a constant great 

 milker is worth almost any price, will amply 

 repay the highest expence of keep, and 

 should be kept to the latest period of her age, 

 should her milking continue. On the other 

 hand, no cow should be kept beyond the 

 period of good milking, but should be im- 

 mediately replaced by a young and fresh 

 milker. 



It will immediately occur that, a single 



