52 Lire Stock~-Neat Ca1 tie Long-horned Breed Defcripf ion of. 



After this concife view of the principles, properties, and other circumftances 

 \vhich feem mod particularly to dcferve regard in the improvement of different 

 forts of live flock, we may examine the nature and qualities of the feveral kinds, 

 and the methods of management which are mod proper and advantageous in 

 each. 



Neat Cattle. The breeds and varieties of cattle that are difperfedover the country 

 are fo extremely numerous, that no Correct enumeration of them has yet been pre- 

 fented to the public, but a few of the more diftinguifhcd and valuable forts have 

 been well defcribed by different writers.* Almoft every diftrict or county has its 

 particular breed or variety of this fort of ftock, which in many cafes is unquef- 

 tionably the moft proper and fuitable ; but in others there is no doubt but that the 

 farmer might be greatly benefited by a judicious change for fome other fort more 

 perfectly adapted to his Situation and circurnftances. 



The long-horned breed of cattle is distinguished, as the name implies, by the 

 great length of the horns, the thicknefs and firmncfs of the texture of their 

 hides, the length and clofenefs of their hair, the large lize of their hoofs, 

 and the coarfe, leathery thicknefs of their necks. They are atfo in common 

 deeper made in their fore-quarters, and lighter in their hind-quarters, than 

 other breeds. -j- In fize they ate faid to be fuperior to the Suffolk duns, but inferior 

 to the fhort and middle-horned breeds. J They are likewife narrower in their 



* It has been ufual to arrange the breeds of cattle from the nature of their horns, and other c5r- 

 jCumftances fomewhat ih the following manner : 



The Long-horned Breed. 



Middle-horned Ditto* 



Short-horned Ditto. 

 ^ Welch Breed. 



* Suffolk Dun Breed. K 



Galloway Polled Brceit. 



Highland or Kyloe Breed. 



],owland or Fifeshife Breed. 

 And to thefe may be added the Alderney Breed. And the 



Wild Breed. 



The breeds of cattle are alfo frequently diftinguiflied by the names of the particular diftrich, coim- 

 tics, or places where they are the moft prevalent or the inoft pcrfeft of their kind. 



The above method of .arrangement has been in fome meai u re adopted by the writer of a late prafti- 

 cal work entitk-d &quot; Modern Agriculture.&quot; 



t Culley on Live SttcJc. Jlbid. 



