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more than two hundred pounds a year, and is in mixed hus- 

 bandry. 



The artificial grasses are sainfoine, ray, broad clover, marl 

 grass, white Dutch and hop clover, or trefoil. 



The stock — cows, oxen, horses, sheep, pigs. As the cows are 

 all devoted to the dairy,' preference is given to that sort which 

 gives the most milk and of the best quality ; or, in the farmer's 

 language, to that stock which makes the most goods, whether it be 

 butter, or cheese, or both : hence it follows, that in point of car- 

 case they are very deficient. They are mostly of the short horned' 

 breed ; and though the fine long horned cows of north Wiltshire 

 have been tried, and strongly recommended by some, yet the ge- 

 neral run of dairy men are strongly attached to their own breed. 



As this is a subject of some magnitude, let us bestow on it a kw 

 moments attention. 



In the choice of stock, the buyer should principally attend to 

 the purposes for which that stock is designed, and to the nature and 

 quality of his land. 



If his principal object be rearing, either with a view to fat him- 

 self or to sell to others, the form, or shape of the parent stock 

 should first be regarded. 



That frame of body which is accompanied with the greatest por* 

 tion of valuable flesh, and the least ofFal, is to be preferred. 



An aptitude to fat in youth is also an object of great importance, 

 By an attention to these points, the great farmers of Leicestershire 

 and other counties, have so attracted the notice of emulous 

 breeders, as to sell their stock at a price, scarcely credible to a 

 plain old fashioned farmer. But however we may admire their 

 care and ingenuity, does it follow that we are to be led astray by 

 the extravagant ideas which some people entertain of their superio- 

 rity. A heifer of three or four years old, which discovers a dispo- 

 sition to fat, seldom proves a good milker, and is by our farmers 

 turned out of the dairy. Beside, I have been informed that the 

 great breeders are frequently obliged to have the assistance of 

 Welsh nurses for their calves, through a deficiency of milk in the 

 parent animal. Is this a recommendation of them to the dairy- 

 man ? As a confirmation of the idea that handsome stock are sel- 

 dom good milkers, I shall advert to the North Devon breed, and 



I believe 



