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•which the breeders ievinfinched, and mostly a v/hite 

 spot on the inside of the hough. 



This breed is understood by graziers to be in ge- 

 neral rather slow feeders, except that particular kind 

 selected and recommended by Mr. Bakewell ; these 

 are said to eat less food than the others, to become 

 remarkably fat in a short space of time, and to lay 

 their fat on the most valuable parts, but have 

 little tallow in them when killed ; and when used 

 in the dairy give very little milk. This variety 

 also differs from the rest of the long-horned cattle, 

 in having very fine, clean, small bones in their legs, 

 and thin hides. 



The kind of cattle most esteemed before Mr. 

 Bakewell's da}^ were the large, long-bodied, big- 

 boned, coarse, flat-sided kind, and often lyery or 

 black-fleshed. On the contrary, this discerning 

 breeder introduced a middle-sized, clean, small- 

 boned, round-carcased, kindly -looking cattle, and 

 inclined to be fat. 



44. The Gallow^ay Breed. 



The Galloway breed, or polled cattle, are a very 

 valuable breed, and seem to be, in weight and size, 

 as much less than the long-horns, as these are than 

 the short-horns. They generally weigh from 40 to 

 60 stone; some particular ones reacli 70 and up- 

 wards. But their most essential difference from 

 every other breed of cattle is, in having no horns at 

 all ; some few indeed (in every other respect polls) 

 have two little unmeaning horns, from two to four 

 inches long, hanging down loose from the same 

 parts that other cattle's horns grow, and are joined 

 to the head by a little loose skin and flesh. In 

 most other respects (except wanting horns) these 

 cattle resemble the long-horns, both in colour and 

 shape ; only they are shorter in their form, which 

 probably makes them weigh less. Their hides seem 



