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quantity of milk than any other 

 cattle, each yielding 24 quarts a 

 day, and three firkins of butter in 

 the grass season. Their colours 

 are varied, generally red and white 

 mixed. A bull of this species was 

 imported in 1 8 1 7, by Stephen Wil- 

 liams, Esq. of Northborough,Mass. 

 received from his brother, Charles 

 Williams, Esq. of London, and is 

 said to have cost five hundred dol- 

 lars, besides expenses of transpor- 

 tation. 



2. The Long-horned, or Lan- 

 cashire Breed. Distinguished for 

 the length of their horns, the thick- 

 ness, and firm texture of their 

 hides, the length and closeness of 

 their hair, the large size of their 

 hoofs, and coarse leathery thick 

 necks. Deeper in their fore-quar- 

 ters, and lighter in their hind 

 quarters than most other breeds. 

 They give less milk, but of richer 

 quality than some others. Their 

 colours are various ; but they have 

 in. general a white streak along 

 their backs, and mostly a white spot 

 on the inside of the hoof. The 

 improved breed of Leicestershire 

 was commenced by Mr. Webster, 

 and afterwards farther improved 

 by Mr. Bakewell, of Dishley. 



3. The Middle-horned breeds 

 comprehend several local varie- 

 ties, of which the most noted are 

 the Devons, the .Sussexes, and the 

 Herefords. These cattle are the 

 most esteemed of all the English 

 breeds. The Devons, or Devon- 

 shire cattle are of a high red co- 

 lour (if any white spots, they reck- 

 on the breed impure, particularly 

 if those spots run into one another,) 

 with a light-dun ring round the 



eye, and the muzzle of the same 

 colour ; fine in the bone, clean in 

 the neck, horns of a medium 

 length bent upwards, thin faced 

 and fine in the chops, wide in the 

 hips, a tolerable barrel, but rather 

 flat on the sides ; tail small and 

 set on very high ; they are thin 

 skinned, and silky in handliag, feed 

 at ah early age, or arrive at matu- 

 rity sooner than most other 

 breeds." {Culley on Live Stock, 

 p. 51.) Oxen of this breed are 

 most proper for the yoke. It is 

 said that the common cattle of this 

 country most nearly resemble this 

 breed. 



4. The Sussex, and Hereford- 

 shire cattle are of a deep red co- 

 lour, with fine hair, and very thin 

 hides ; neck and head clean ; horns 

 neither long nor short ; rather 

 turning up at the points ; well 

 made in the hind quarters, wide 

 across the hips, rump and sirloin, 

 but narrow in the chine, tolerably 

 straight along the back ; ribs too 

 flat ; thin in the thigh ; and bone 

 not large. They are next in size 

 to the Yorkshire short horns, and 

 are very useful as dairy stock. 



5. The Polled or hornless breeds. 

 The most numerous and esteemed 

 variety is the Galloway breed, so 

 called from the province of that 

 name. The true Galloway bul- 

 lock " is straight and broad on the 

 back, and nearly level from the 

 head to the rump ; broad at the 

 loins, not, however, with hooked 

 bones, or projecting knobs, so that 

 when viewed from above, the 

 whole body appears beautifully 

 rounded, like the the longitudinal 

 section of a roller. He is long in 



