ive* $Joc7i* Differences in Breeds of Vahiabic Qualities of, 



; red or yellow in colour, and their beef generally .yellow or very high coloured, 

 ithough very ..fine in the grain, and welUflavoured. They maire .themfelves very 

 . fat j and are not in theleaft fubje&amp;lt;ft to Iyer, *or have black flc(h. Very ufeful 

 cattle have been bred from a crofs between an Alderney cow and a fhort-horned 

 bull. This is a breed that is moftly to be met with about the feats of the nobility 

 .and gentry, upon account of the cows giving exceedingly rich milk.* 



. Befides thefe different forts, there is a wild breed of cattle, which, as they appear 

 ; in the breed at .Chillingbarn-GafUe in Northumberland, the feat of the , earl of 

 Tankerville, *&amp;lt; are invariably x)f a cream colour, with black muzzles ; the whole 

 .of the infideef the ears, and about. one-third of the outfide, from the tips downward, 

 red.; the hems white, with black tips, very .fine, and bent upwards : forne of the 

 bulls have a thin upright mane, about an inch and a half or. two inches long. The 

 weight of the oxen of this.breed is.from 35 to 45 ftone, and the cows from 25 to 

 35 ftone the four quarters, i.4lb. to the ftone. The beef is finely marblecj, and of 

 excellent flavour. From the nature of their paftur.e, and the frequent agitation 

 ..they are put into by the curiofity of ftrangers, it is fcarcely.to be expedled that 

 they mould get very fat,; yet the fix-years old oxen are generally very good beef: 

 whence it may be fairly fuppofed that in proper fituations, they would feed well.t * 

 They cannot, perhaps from their untameable nature, be of any utility to the 

 farmer, as they are only .capable of being retained within walls or very good 

 fences. 



It is obvious, from this detail of the various breeds of cattle, that they are not 

 rail equally profitable to the breeder, the rearer, the dairyman, the grazier, the 

 butcher, or the confumer. &quot; Some have a greater-difpofition to fatten than others. 

 Some, being cleaner boned and better formed, have kfs offal. Some give a greater 

 quantity of milk than others. In a word : fomeofthe particular properties 

 for which cattle arc eftimable are more difcernible in one breed than in another. 

 Whether thefe can be all united in the fame animal, or whether a breed of cattle 

 pofTeffing all the requifite qualifications would be equally fuitable to all fituations, 

 arc queftions not caly .to be determined. In regard to the firft, it feems univer- 

 fally agreed, that there are two properties for which cattle are efteemed valuable,, 

 .that cannot be united ; that is, a difpofition to fatten, and a tendency ta yield & 



* Culley on Live Stock, and Northumberland Corrcded Report. ,t Ibid. 



