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opinion as to the quality of her milk ; some have ranked it high, others 

 call it inferior ; the probability is, it has a medium quality. Mr. 

 Youatt says that fifty thousand firkins of Suffolk butter are annually 

 sent to the London market. When turned aside for the shambles, she 

 is found to fatten with great ease. They are not of large size, pro- 

 bably on account of the early age at which the heifers are used for 

 breeding. When fattened, however, the weight will vary from four 

 hundred and fifty to five hundred pounds, and the meat is of good 

 quality. The beef of the Suffolk oxen is excellent. Without much 

 regard to their good points, the bulls are usually slaughtered at the age 

 of three and four years, although it is supposed they would answer 

 well their legitimate purpose till seven or eight years. Did the Suffolk 

 dairymen pay the same attention to the improvement of their cattle 

 that many other stock breeders do, particularly in preserving for a 

 longer time their best animals, these polled SufFolks would be superior 

 to what they now are. 



SUFFOLK BULL. 



SUFFOLK HOGS. It is stated in Youatt's treaties on the Pig, 

 that there are no bettei swine in Great Britain than the improved 

 SufFolks. Among the crosses of the native Suffolk which he specifies, 

 are those of the Lincoln, the Berkshire, and Chinese. A cross 

 between the Suffolk and the Lincoln has led to a hardy progeny, 

 which fatten well, and will weigh from four to six hundred pounds. 

 However, he gives preference to a cross between the Suffolk and 



