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the quarters, but not broad in the 

 twist. He is deep in the chest,short 

 in the leg, and moderately fine in 

 the bone, clean in the chop and in 

 the neck. His head is of a mod- 

 erate size, with large rough ears, 

 and full, but not prominent eyes or 

 heavy eye-brows. His well pro- 

 portioned form is clothed with a 

 loose and mellow skin adorned 

 with soft glossy hair. The pre- 

 vailing colour is black or dark- 

 brindled, and though they are oc- 

 casionally found of every colour, 

 the dark colours are uniformly pre- 

 ferred, from a belief that they are 

 connected with superior hardiness 

 of constitution. The Galloways 

 are rather under-sized, not very 

 different from the size of the De- 

 vons, but as much less than the 

 long-horns, as the long-horns are 

 less than the short-horns, 



6. Argyleshire breed, or Kyloes. 

 A bull of the Kyloe breed should 

 be of a middle size, black, dark, or 

 reddish brown, without any white 

 or yellow spots. His head should 

 be rather small, his muzzle fine, his 

 horns equable, not very thick, of a 

 clear green and waxy tinge ; his 

 general appearance should com- 

 bine agility, vivacity and strength ; 

 and his hair should be glossy, thick 

 and vigorous, indicating a sound 

 constitution, and perfect health." 

 Bulls of this description have been 

 valued at upwards of 200 guineas. 



For a further description of the 

 most noted English breeds of cat- 

 tle, see The Complete Grazier ; 

 Supplement to the third edition of 

 The Encycloptedia Britannica. 

 Art. Agriculture, and the Farmer's 

 Cyclopedia. 



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CHAFF for FEEDING HOR- 

 SES. Mr. Thomas Williamson 

 in a communication to the Bath 

 Society on the use of chaff, or cut 

 hay for feeding horses, remarks, 

 that "one hundred weight of hay 

 was found to yield 20 bushels of 

 chaff pressed into the measure and 

 piled as high as it could safely be 

 carried ; consequently each bush- 

 el weighed about 5^ lbs. It was 

 found that five horses would eat 

 twelve bushels of chaff in 24 hours, 

 and that somewhat more than half 

 their usual quantity of food was 

 saved by having it cut." 



Mr. Benjamin Hale, proprietor 

 of a line of stages running between 

 Newburyport and Boston, has giv- 

 en a statement, published in the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural Reposi- 

 tory, vol. 10, p. 400, by which it 

 appears that the total saving in 

 using Hotchkiss's Straw Cutter 

 nine months, viz. at Newburyport 

 four months, and at Salem five, in 

 the years 1816—17 was ^780.97. 



CHANGE of CROPS, a meth- 

 od of cultivating different sorts of 

 vegetables in succession, on the 

 same piece of ground, with a view 

 to make tillage lands more profita- 

 ble in the long run ; and, at the 

 same time, to prevent exhausting 

 them of their strength. 



Those who believe that the food 

 of different plants is different, can- 

 not but look on the changing of 

 crops as a matter of essential im- 

 portance. For, on their hypothe- 

 sis, land which is worn out with 

 one sort of vegetables, may be in 

 good order to produce a large crop 

 of another sort. But there are 

 other reasons for the chanijing of 



