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Of the Long-horns hut few entries were made. The hreeds 

 ahove mentioned are tlic leading breeds of England, tlie ones 

 which are more generally dilTiiscd. Others have a local repu- 

 tation and characteristics which adapt them to the locations 

 where they have become known. The Long-horns were a class 

 extremely interesting to me, however, since I had known them 

 chiefly by reputation. Who has not heard of the breed to the 

 improvement of which the genius of Bakewell was directed 

 with such marked success ? 



The liong-horns are found principally in the midland 

 counties, particularly in Leicestershire and Warwickshire, but 

 they have decreased in numbers since Bakewell left them, and 

 are giving way to the more popular Shorthorns. They are 

 very large in size, but, compared with their size, ratlier light in 

 the carcass. The head is fine, the horns small, though long 

 and branching, the back straight, the quarters wide and well 

 developed. Nothing can exceed the quiet and docility of these 

 good feeders. Formerly the milking qualities of this breed 

 were in great estimation, but I do not know what their reputa- 

 tion is in this respect at the present time. It matters little, 

 perhaps, as they will not be very widely known in competition 

 with their successful rivals. 



The same is true, I had supposed, to some extent, with the 

 Norfolk and Suffolk polled cattle. Their reputation has been 

 of a local character, principally. But they came up in greater 

 force this year, with twenty-seven entries. They are supposed 

 to owe their origin to the polled Galloways brought to Norfolk 

 and Suffolk for grazing purposes, something like a century ago, 

 the change in color being due either to crosses with the natives 

 or to selections and climate. 



It is stated that there are at the present time more than sixty 

 herds of pure breds in the county of Norfolk. One of tlie 

 successful exhibitors. Lord Sondes, has eighty head of them. 

 The cows are reputed to be great milkers, giving, when in full 

 flow, twenty-four quarts a day, while the steers, at three years 

 old, weigh from seven to eight hundred pounds. As a class 

 they are popular with the butchers. * 



The Welsh cattle did not turn out in great numbers. The 

 few that were shown were chiefly interesting to mo as curiosi- 

 ties. I had read much but seen little of them till this lot fell 



