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The ftock of cow cattle in moft parts of the kingdom 

 (if we except the breeding counties) is chiefly appropriated 

 to two purpofes, viz. the dairy, and for grazing; in this 

 county, a third may be added, that of fuckling, or feeding 

 calves for the London market. The rank which thefe 

 different modes of appropriation holds in the eftimation of 

 the Eifex farmer is, firit, the dairy ; fecond, fuckling, and 

 third, grazing. 



With regard to the firfl, fo much depends upon the un- 

 \yearied exertions of the miftrefs, both early and late, that 

 unlefs the farmer's wife is able and willing to encounter fuch 

 fatigue, little profit can accrue to the farmer therefrom. 



In the country about Epping and Ongar, this bufinefs is 

 carried on extenfively, but where in general there feems to 

 be no particular choice or preference as to breed, or the ftock 

 of cows beft fuited to the purpofe. The Norfolk, Suffolk, 

 Derby, Lincoln, Leicefler, Craven, Holdernefs, North 

 and South Wales, and Gallov/ay breeds, are indifcriminately 

 mixed together, and conftitute the principal dairies through- 

 out that neighbourhood. 



In a few inftances a preference was obferved to be given to 

 the Holdernefs, Leicefter, and Derby, the milk of which cows 

 (as well as that of the other dairies) after (landing twenty- 

 four hours, is fleeted ; and the fkimmed milk is drawn off 

 from the leads, into veflels (not lined with lead but) of an 

 increafed depth ; this is called doubling : here it remains for 

 twelve or twenty-four hours, during which time, as the 

 cream rifes, it is fleeted two or three times. It is then 

 threbled or put into tubs, or flill deeper vefTels, where it is 

 occafionally fkimmed and kept fo long as any appearance of 

 cream or richer milk is found to form upon the furface. The 

 butter which is made from the after-fleetings of the milk, 



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