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gers in blood, were far superior to those from cows more nearly 

 akin. Mr. Mason, of Chilton, commenced breeding short horns 

 from the same parents as Mr. C. Colling, and, for a certain period, 

 pursued it very successfully ; but, being deprived of the privilege 

 of sending his cows to the Ketton (Durham) bulls, he was con 

 strained to use those of his own breeding ; and the losses he sus 

 tained, in his young stock, were so great that, at one time, his 

 show cows were reduced to four ; but by using the bull Jupiter, 

 whose affinity of blood was supposed to be remote, he again be 

 came a successful breeder.&quot; * It would be contrary to alt observa 

 tion and experience, to deny the exclusive merits of different 

 breeds, and the tendency of all animals to propagate their like ; 

 but it would be equally so, to deny that extreme results often 

 contradict our expectations, and that both science and observa 

 tion are, occasionally, at a loss to determine the influences by 

 which these irregularities are brought about, or by what means 

 they may be controlled. 



In treating of the live stock of Great Britain, it is obvious, 

 that my remarks must be brief and desultory, upon a subject on 

 which many volumes have been, and still may be, written. 



1. HORSES. Among the most improved animals in the king 

 dom, horses take a prominent place ; and a circumstance of dif 

 ference, in this matter, between England and the United States, 

 which strikes one at first sight, may be called the division of 

 labor among the horses. The American horse, in most of the 

 states, is, generally, a horse of all work. Here, the horses are 

 bred and trained for, and exclusively confined to, particular de 

 partments sporting, pleasure, travelling, draught or agricultural 

 labor ; and nothing is more rare, than the transfer of the animal 

 from one department to the other. So we find the race-horse, 

 the hunter, the carriage-horse, the draught-horse, the roadster, 

 the saddle-horse, the pony for children and ladies, the general 

 hack, and the farm-horse. This comes of the immense wealth 

 of the people, and is adapted to give them the best advantages 

 of each kind. It may surprise some of my friends, to tell them, 

 that I have more than once found forty hunting horses in one 



* On Short Horn Cattle, by I. Wright. Journal of Royal Agricultural Society, 

 vol. vii. p. 1. 



