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ing the best breed of horses, neat cattle, sheep and swine ; the 

 receiving and selling on commission all kinds of live stock ; 

 and combining also with these the business of agriculture and 

 horticulture, upon the most approved and economical system. 

 This farm consisted of 222 acres, was made up of a variety of 

 soils, and was well adapted to the purposes either of summer or 

 winter feeding of animals, yielding a great quantity both of 

 English and salt hay." Samuel Jaques, a man well experi- 

 enced and of excellent judgment in these matters, took the 

 farm with this view ; and has succeeded, by judicious selection 

 and crossing, in rearing a milking stock of extraordinarily valu- 

 able properties for the dairy. Of this stock 1 gave a full ac- 

 count in my Second Report, and, as far as appears, there is no 

 reason to withdraw the commendation there bestowed on them. 

 Their cheese properties have not been tested ; nor have I been 

 able to ascertain the quantity of milk afforded by them in any 

 given time ; but the quality of their milk for butter is not sur- 

 passed by any animals which have come under my observa- 

 tion. There can be no doubt that cheese from their milk 

 would correspond to its superior quality. Mr. Jaques informs 

 me that they still maintain their excellent character in this 

 respect. My only regret is that 1 have not been able to induce 

 him to make such continued experiments of their yield in milk 

 or butter, for a week, or month, or three months, as would 

 warrant me in speaking with more confidence. Without any 

 personal reference whatever, I may be allowed to say that, in 

 my opinion, intelligent farmers, who have valuable animals, 

 owe it to the agricultural community to make such trials as 

 will fully test their distinguishing properties. All conjecture 

 and guess-work in this case ought to be utterly rejected. The 

 trial of a day or a week is a small matter, and will seldom war- 

 rant any confident conclusions. In the case of a valuable cow 

 or race of cows, the age and condition of the cow should be 

 stated, her breed and pedigree, her feed and treatment, with the 

 utmost particularity ; the times of milking, and the amount 



