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way, capable of making a good living among the heather-clad 

 mountain sides of their native country, or in the lanes, or on 

 poor land anywhere, though, of course, they will do better on 

 better lands. They are the poor man's cows par excellence, 

 though many rich men have taken to them of late, and it is 

 very likely that their popularity will go on increasing. 



Here we have half a dozen of the best breeds of dairy cattle, 

 and the list might be extended by including the Devons ; yet, 

 after all, the Devons are considered more as beef than as milk 



FIG. 10. DEXTKR KERRY Cow, ''"ROSEMARY." 



Winner of First Prize at the Jubilee Show of the Royal Agricultural Society of 

 England, Windsor, 1889. Exhibited by Mr. Marcin J. button, Kidmore Grange, 

 Caversham, Oxon. 



producers, though some of them have pretty high claims in 

 reference to milk, particularly in reference to richness of milk. 

 But, in any case, half a dozen excellent breeds provide us with 

 choice enough for all practical purposes, and we may fairly 

 congratulate ourselves that we possess them in all reasonable 

 abundance. The Shorthorns, all things considered, stand and 

 must stand at the head of the list, but they are most worthily 

 supplemented by the others of which I have spoken. The 

 milk of the Shorthorns is not of the richest, and this may be 

 owing to their northern origin ; and, indeed, it is to be noticed 



