410 LEICESTERSHIRE LONG-HORNED CATTLE. 



stock. Within the last forty years they have been 

 so exclusively the stock in the south of Stafford- 

 shire, that it is said an individual of any other race 

 would have been gazed at as a new animal. This 

 breed is chiefly found in the counties of Lancas- 

 ter, Derby, Stafford. Salop, Warwick, Leicester, 

 Worcester, and Northampton. 



They are hardy animals, readily become fat, and 

 produce excellent beef. But they are chiefly cele- 

 brated for the thickness and substance of their hides, 

 which are very valuable, and, proportionally with 

 those of other cattle, sell at high prices. Manv 

 instances have occurred of the hides selling for a 

 greater price per pound than the beef. 



The value of a Cow and Calf, of the better sort 

 of common stock, is from ten to twenty pounds; 

 and the Cows, when fatted, are worth from ten to 

 about twenty-five pounds each. They generally 

 weigh from eight to twelve score per quarter. 



The improved Lancashire breed, called Leicestershire 

 Long-horned Cattle. 



Mr. Bakewell of Dishley, near Loughborough, 

 made some great improvements in this breed of 

 cattle. By selecting those animals only which had 

 the smallest bone and best carcasses, and by judi- 

 ciously crossing them, the coarser parts have been 

 lessened, and those that are more valuable enlarged. 



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