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SO MODERN FARRIEB. 



cattle, and even the kyloes, might be bred with ad- 

 vantage in many situations, so as to be more profit- 

 able than either the short-horns or the long-horns : 

 I have a very high opinion of both these breeds of 

 cattle as true quick feeders, and being kindly-flesh- 

 ed, or excellent eating beef, which character they 

 have established in the first market in the island. 



* My readers will in general agree with me, that 

 kyloes are better adapted to cold, exposed, heathy 

 mountains, than any other breed we have. I have 

 before hinted, that particular breeds are probably 

 best adapted to particular situations, and would re- 

 commend to breeders of caffle to find out which 

 breed is the most profitable and best suited to their 

 situations, and endeavour to improve that breed to 

 the utmost, rather than try to unite the particular 

 qualities of two or more distinct breeds by crossing, 

 which is a precarious practice ; for we generally find 

 the produce inherit the coarseness of both breeds, 

 and rarely attain the good properties which the 

 pure distinct breeds individually possess.' 



49. The Dairy. 



The dairy system is perhaps the most profitable, 

 as w^ell as the most pleasing, of all tlie parts of hus- 

 bandry. It was certainl}^ the earliest. Herbage 



may be converted into human food, either in the i 



form of flesh or of milk ; but it is calculated that a ( 



much larger quantity of hinnan food will be pro- - 



duced from the same quantity of herbage in the lat- U 



ter case than in the former. Tlie herbage that { 



would be sufficient to add il2 pounds to the weight ij 



of an ox, would, if eniT^loved in feedino- cows, afford i 



450 Enp'lish 2'allons of milk. This, if made into i 



cheese, which is not the most advantageous way of | ( 



consuming milk, would produce 430 pounds, besides '^-i 



the flesh that might be obtained by feeding hogs ^ 



with the whey. The 112 pounds of beef, at tlie I 



