406 THE NORTHERN SHORT-HORNED CATTLE. 



the establishment of the Sussex Agricultural So- 

 ciety, will, no doubt, tend greatly to its improve- 

 ment. 



THE NORTHERN SHORT-HORNED CATTLE. 



Holderness, Dutch, Holstein, or Yorkshire breed. 



IT is principally along the sea-coast districts of 

 Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Durham, and Northumber- 

 land, that the cattle of the present breed are to be 

 met with; and into these parts there is reason to 

 suppose they were originally imported from the 

 continent. They differ from the other breeds in 

 the shortness of their horns, and in being wider and 

 thicker in their form or mould. In size and weight 

 they exceed all the British cattle. Their hair is 

 short, smooth, and thinly set upon the body. In 

 colour they are sometimes very beautiful, being 

 spotted, striped, or otherwise variegated with red 

 and white, or with black, brown, and white. Their 

 hides are remarkably thin. 



The Cows have great celebrity, from their yield- 

 ing a very extraordinary quantity of milk. This is 

 not certainly so rich as that produced from several 

 of the other breeds ; but its abundance makes ample 

 amends to the breeder, for its defect in quality. 

 There have been instances of these Cows giving 



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