352 FARMING FOR LADIES, [chap, xviii. 



" dun " is taken ; are of moderate size, with 

 big bellies, prominent hip-bones, and alto- 

 gether of a form that cannot be called hand- 

 some ; but of such good constitution, and 

 such excellent milkers, that an instance is 

 mentioned, in the County Agricultural Sur- 

 vey, of one of a small size having, in the 

 height of the season, given the extraordi- 

 nary quantity of four gallons of milk at each 

 "meal" (or milking), twice a-day ; and ten 

 quarts are not uncommon. The butter is also 

 of superior quality ; but the cheese is pro- 

 verbially so bad — probably from bad manage- 

 ment in the making — that its having been 

 furnished to the navy was one of the com- 

 plaints made by the mutineers at the Nore, 

 who are said to have made tobacco-stopples 

 out of it for their pipes. 



The Welsh, of the black breed, are thought 

 more valuable for the dairy than those which 

 are brown and white ; and many of those bred 

 in both North and South Wales are good 

 milkers, though those of Pembroke and Gla- 

 morganshire bear the highest character. They 

 are small in size, the great majority being 

 entirely black, a few only having white faces 



