6\&amp;gt; 6 Live Stock. Short- horned Breed Definition of. 



weigh from fixty to one hundred flones of fourteen pounds, the fore quarters be- 

 ing moftly the heavieft.* From their being fteadyand active, as well as ca 

 pable of great exertion in harnefs, they are peculiarly adapted to the purpofes of 

 the team. They may be wrought from three to five or iix years old before they 

 are fattened. 



The fliort-horned breed, as the term flgnifies, is diftinguifhed from the others by 

 the fhortnefs of the horns ; by being wider and thicker in the form or mould, and, 

 of courfe, feeding to the greateft weight by affording much the large ft quantity 

 of tallow when fattened, in having very thin hides, and much lefs hair upon them 

 than any other breed except the Alderney ; and more particularly by the quantity 

 of milk they give beyond any other breed. The great quantity of milk, thinnefs of 

 their hides, and little hair, are probably the reafons why they are tenderer than any 

 oftheother kinds, except the Alderney. It is perhaps juftly faid of this kind, 

 that they eat more food than any of the other breeds, a circumftance which cannot 

 be wondered at, when it is considered that they excel in thofe three valuable par- 

 t iculars, viz. in affording the greateft quantity of beef, tallow, and milk. Their 

 colours are much varied, but the generality of them are red and white mixed, which, 

 ivhen properly blended, is very pleafing and agreeable. -\ 



This is a breed chiefly found in Lincolnlhire and the eaftern parts of Yorkfhire, 

 Durham, Northumberland, and Berwickfhire. In confequence of its having been 

 originally imported from Holland,it is frequently called the Dutch, and fometimes 

 the Holdernefs breed, from a place of that name in Yorkmire, where it is probable 

 it was nrft eftablilhed. As being deftitute of the exertion and agility of the mid 

 dle-horned-fort, they are not fo well adapted for the cart or the plough. And con- 

 fidering their fize, and the quantity of food they devour, it is probable that they 

 are inferior to any of the above-mentioned breeds : and, when compared with the* 

 Suffolk duns, very greatly fo. This breed has been lately much improved in 

 Yorkfhire, where the beft of the kind are to be met with. 



It is remarked that &amp;lt;c the long-horns and thefe have met upon the mountains 

 which feparate Yorkfhire from Lancafhire, &c. and, by cro fling, have produced 

 a mixed breed, called half long-horns ; a, very heavy, ftrong, and not unufeful kind 

 f cattle,:): 



* Culley on Live Stock, t Ibrd. % Ibid; 



