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for. With good keeping, they come early to maturity, and 

 attain a large weight. The butchers, however, whom 1 have 

 consulted, give it as their opinion that they do not tallow so 

 Avell, in proportion to their size, as our own smaller cattle. In 

 my observation, no animals degenerate sooner under neglect 

 and poor keeping ; and they require extraordinary feed and the 

 most careful attendance to keep up their character and condition. 



The progeny of Bolivar, from some of our best native cows, 

 according to the testimony of a farmer who probably has had 

 many more of his stock than any other man among us, have not 

 proved remarkable for milk or butter ; to use his own expres- 

 sion, " they are, upon the whole, above mediocrity." The prog- 

 eny of Coelebs has been quite various ; in some cases very good, 

 in others inferior. Mr. Jaques is of opinion that the excellence 

 of his cream-pot breed is principally to be ascribed to a cross 

 with Coelebs, but on what rational grounds it is difficult for me 

 to discover. Their beautiful color is certainly derived from the 

 dam ; and as the distinguishing feature in this stock is the rich- 

 ness of their milk, and this being precisely the quality for which 

 the dam, the Haskins cow, was distinguished above all others, 

 and it not appearing that any stock of Coelebs but when con- 

 nected with this cow has ever been remarkable for this quality, 

 it would not seem difficult to determine on which side of the 

 house this excellence belonged. 



So much sensibility exists in reference to this subject, the 

 dairy properties of the Improved Short Horns, and so much of 

 private interest and speculation is now mingling itself in the 

 judgments which are formed or the opinions given in the case, 

 that, if it is not difficult to speak with calmness and sobriety, it 

 may be unreasonable to expect to be heard with candor and 

 impartiality. My business is however with facts ; and having 

 no prejudices of which lam conscious to warp my own views, 

 I shall, as fairly as I can, state those facts which have come gen- 

 erally within my own observation and leave the conclusions to 

 the honest judgment of my readers. I have already touched on 

 this subject in my First and Second Reports, and the reader 



