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.equired to be consumed there. His cattle, he informs me, are 

 Supplied with turnips and straw, which are sliced and fed at 5i A. 

 M. through the winter. Two other feeds are dealt out during the 

 ,^lay, viz : one of straw and another of hay. The sheep last win- 

 ;er were fed three times a day, besides a gill of oats and oil meal 



I head, mixed in equal parts. Every animal is required to con- 

 ume the whole of its fodder, or else it is forthwith shortened. 

 The cattle are all Durharas, or their crosses. The crosses are with 

 he Ayrshire, New Leicester, Holderness, Holstein and Native. 



saw about thirty head together. They were all compact and 

 lardy-looking animals, and some of them are animals of great 

 leauty. The stock bull is a superior animal, (admitting that I am 



judge,) by Col. Sherwood's "Archer," out of Mr Waddle's 



Gazelle." In breeding and raising stock, Mr. R. is governed 

 y the principle, that fashion nor long pedigree alone, shall induce 

 jim to raise or keep a delicate animal, or one whose constitution 

 15 not vigorous. The cows must be milkers ; failing in these re- 

 pccts, any animal is put unhesitatingly to the knife, though its 

 edigree may be as long as a monarch's. 



Of swine Mr. R. raises the pure breed, but believes that the 

 alf bred animals are the best for slaughter. 



I now pass to Mr. R's sheep. I have not omitted his flocks 



II now because I considered them of the least importance. I 

 jither consider this topic as more important than those which 

 lave preceded it. It is all-important, in the first place, that sheep 

 lould be hardy, then, superadded to this, they should carry a heavy, 

 ae fleece ; or in other words, those sheep which endure the cli- 

 ate well, and which shear the greatest weight of fine wool, are 



,ie best adapted to the interior of New- York. Taking this view, 

 ferinos are, according to Mr. R., the best variety. A person 

 ^rhaps, might well inquire of me, where are those to be obtained, 

 jnce the Saxon mania has almost extinguished them ? However, 

 .at we may be satisfied that there are pure bred flocks which have 

 iscended from the importations of Livingston, Humphrey, Jar- 

 s, etc., recent publications seem to assure us ; and here I may 

 •J in passing, that one of these pure bred flocks is owned by Mr. 

 • This opinion, which I first formed after seeing them, was after- 

 ards confirmed by the attested pedigree published some time 

 :ice. There is a question, however, which appears to me of some 



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