CHAP. XVIII.] FARMING FOR LADIES. 351 



instances with black ; they are tame, and quiet 

 feeders, of peaceable habits and hardy consti- 

 tution ; they also combine the essential qualities 

 of both fattening readily when intended for the 

 shambles, and, more especially, of yielding 

 copious draughts of milk. It is, indeed, not 

 uncommon in Scotland to hear that " they are 

 the best milkers in the kingdom :" but, al- 

 though this may be doubted, we are inclined 

 to think that, taking into consideration all 

 things comparatively, both as to quality and 

 quantity of milk, there is no cow superior to 

 her for a small dairy ; and, if kept upon good 

 pasture during the summer, and well fed 

 during the winter, may be fairly calculated to 

 produce from 700 to 800 gallons of milk in 

 the course of the year. 



The Suffolk-dun, or "polled cow" — as being 

 hornless — is supposed to have been originally 

 produced from a cross with the polled breed 

 of Galloway ; and their being without horns 

 may be so far considered an advantage as de- 

 priving them of the means — so common among 

 many cows — of goring each other. They are 

 mostly of one colour, between a faint yellow 

 and a mouse-grey, from which the name of 



