4 CATTLE. 



nearly valueless, so much so, that they drive 

 large herds of cattle into then* fine fields of 

 Indian corn, to feed upon it and beat it down 

 as they may ; after which the land is ploughed 

 for a wheat crop. 



In these circumstances, the Kentucky far- 

 mers confine their attention chiefly to grazing 

 cattle, and for this purpose have adopted the 

 Durham breed ; but having, after they are fed, 

 to drive them so great a distance as 1000 

 miles to market, they find the cattle of that 

 heavy breed reduced to mere shadows at the end 

 of their journey ; consequently, the animals 

 which leave Kentucky perfectly fat, must, when 

 they reach New York, be sold as lean stock, 

 and that, probably, of the worst description. 



The farmers of Kentucky, therefore, now 

 think of changing to a breed of cattle that will 

 carry their beef along with them, and this qua- 

 lity they expect to find in the Herefords. With 

 that impression, they gave Mr Southam a 

 price equal to 100 guineas for one of his cows, 

 and, by the by, at the same tune, paid him 

 as much as sixty guineas for a Berkshire sow. 



