CHAPTER X. 



THE CATTLE OF SCOTLAND. 



HATING examined the two marked and best approved of the 

 middle-horned races of England; and taken a sufficient notice 

 of the long-horns, we proceed to examine three of the most 

 approved breeds of Scotland, as now concentrated, and improved 

 from original races there, and fashioned to the uses of the 

 present day. 



Lying north of England, with a surface more or less moun- 

 tainous in its northern territory, and a much severer climate, its 

 cattle, from time immemorial, have been of a far different order, 

 and applied to somewhat different purposes than those of Eng- 

 land. Youatt describes the breeds, or varieties of the different 

 sections of the country minutely, and with great interest. It is 

 not necessary for the present purpose to follow him throughout, 

 but we shall extract largely from him, both in text and opinion. 

 His information is solely from Scottish authorities, and such an 

 air of fidelity to truth runs through them that we may wisely 

 adopt, so far as our purposes need, their conclusions. 



The reader may inquire, why, when England contains all of 

 improvement in her best breeds that an American demands, 

 should we seek the inferior cattle of Scotland to multiply, and 

 further mix up the already sufficient varieties of cattle on our 

 soils ? Our answer is, that the vast scope of climates, soils, and 

 altitudes of the United States, and their territories, embrace those 

 of both England and Scotland, as well as the tropics. No one, 

 two, three, or even four different breeds are best suited to them 



