414 HORNED SCOTS CATTLE. 



districts of Yorkshire; but the greatest part of 

 them are sent into the southern counties of Eng- 

 land, where they are fatted, and either slaughtered 

 for consumption on the spot, or sent to the London 

 markets. In Shetland their weight is from three to 

 five hundred pounds each; though some of the 

 Cows do not weigh more than from a hundred and 

 fifty to two hundred. In size they somewhat re- 

 semble the Alderney cattle: but in their shape and 

 general appearance they are very different. 



Some of them possess the double quality of 

 fattening well, and of yielding, in proportion to 

 their size, a great quantity of milk. Cows of this 

 breed have been known to yield, during the sum- 

 mer season, as much as four English gallons and a 

 half of very rich milk in a day, the cream of which, 

 when churned, has produced nearly a pound and 

 three quarters of butter. 



The demand for Kyloes into England is of great 

 importance to those noblemen and gentlemen who 

 have estates in the north of Scotland ; as their rents 

 are frequently paid in live cattle. 



OTHER KINDS OF HORNED SCOTS CATTLE. 



WE are informed by Mr. Culley that all the Low- 

 lands of Scotland, except Galloway, have a mixed 

 breed of cattle. Towards Cumberland, the cattle 



are 



