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is a point that does not fecm to have been much fubjedled to experiment, though 

 the profits of the farmer mud in a great meafure depend upon it, as where fuch 

 cows are employed as do not anfwer in this view, a daily lofs mud be fudaincd. 

 As this fort of farming is. in mod cafes, as has been obfcrved, only capable of be- 

 ingcarried on with advantage infituanons where the food is of the mod rich and 

 fuitable kind, and capable of being provided in fufncient proportion to feed the 

 animals in a plentiful manner, .it would appear not improbable but that the large 

 breeds may in general be the mod proper fur the purpofe. But when attempted 

 in other circumdances, where the food is neither fo good in quality nor able 

 to beprovided in fuch abundance, breeds of a fmaller defcription may be preferable, 

 as it never can anfwer the farmer s purpofe in this, or probably any other view, to 

 have the cattle difproportioned to the nature and quantity of this keep. The in 

 clination or tendency to feed in animals for this ufe is likewifc a circumdance to 

 be attended, to by the cow-farmer, as where it is difcovered to prevail they fliould: 

 be rejected as improper ; it being found from experience that fuch cows aspoffefs 

 this property feldom or ever afford much milk. The difpofition of cows has alfo 

 fome influence in refpecr. to the quantity of milk which they may afford, as fuch as 

 are mild and gentle in general milk much better than where the contrary is the cafe. 



The fort of cow mod adapted to the intentions of the milk- farmer mull of courfe 

 vary, according to the nature of his fituation and the means which he poffeffes of 

 providing food. Under the firft circumdances, the large fliort.horned,orHoldernefTe 

 breed, may commonly be the mod advantageous j but in the latter, the long-horn 

 ed, the Suffolk, Polled, and the Alderney breeds may be more profitable. There 

 are likewife other breeds of the fmaller kinds that may be found beneficial in thcfc 

 cafes.* It has, however,, been fuggeded as not improbable, but that though the 

 large breed jud mentioned may at fird, while there is a full fupply of green or other 

 juicy food, afford a. very large quantity of milk, the fmaller forts continue to give 

 a more regular quantity fora greater length -of time. *j- 



Whatever the breed of cows may be that is employed by the milk-farmer, he 

 fliould conirantly choofe fuch as are wide in the horn, thin in the head and neck, 

 dewlap not too pendulous, the carcafedeep andflattifh, wide (rather pointed) hips^ 

 buttocks round and flediy, legs thin, with (hort joints; the udder capacious, not 

 ficftiy, but extending well backwards, the milk- veins large and prominent, and 



* S$e Dairying. t Anderfon s Recreations in Agriculture. 



