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breed, will produce on an average 180 lbs. of butter in the 

 season ; though the common calculation is 150 lbs. In the 

 Epping district, where there is an indiscriminate mixture of 

 Devon, Suffolk, Leicester, Holderness and Scotch, the calcula- 

 tion in a well managed dairy amounts to 212 lbs. per year to 

 a cow. In one case in Sussex, upon an actual trial, the cows 

 produced only 136 lbs. per season." 



As far then as we can depend on these accounts, our own 

 native cattle for dairy stock will not suffer by comparison with 

 the best English stock of any of those races most distinguish- 

 ed for their milking properties. Our own Cheshire cheese dai- 

 ries certainly yield the palm to none. 



The cross of the Durham Short-Horns with the Devon, has 

 produced in many cases an excellent stock. But if of no other 

 value to the country, their introduction will prove an immense 

 benefit by showing our farmers what can be done in improving 

 the size, form, and condition of their own stocks, by a most 

 careful selection from the very best, by persevering attempts 

 to amend defects and engraft good properties in the animal con- 

 stitution, and by constant care and good keeping. 



It cannot be denied that a vast proportion of our cows are 

 Avretched in their form, health, and condition. There is no 

 reason on the other hand to doubt that by breeding only from 

 the best on both sides, and by a liberal mode of keeping, we 

 may produce a dairy stock, and a stock for labor, as well 

 adapted to our pastures, climate, and husbandry as can be 

 found. Perhaps I should be authorized to add for beef also, 

 that is, producing as many pounds according to the expense 

 of their keep. The average weight of bullocks slaughtered at 

 Smithfield, the great cattle market of England, is 656 lbs. 

 At Brighton in this county, the average weight of oxen is 875 

 lbs., and of steers 600 lbs. each. The last is thought by some 

 persons to be overrated. The weight used at Brighton is net 

 weight; one hundred weight being now reckoned at 100 lbs. 

 avoirdupois. 



