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our dairy districts, as they have been made by 

 rich food to yield much more milk. Cows in 

 a state little removed from one of nature, 

 namely, those still bred on poor soils, yield 

 much less milk than those which inhabit more 

 fertile districts. In a state of nature, or in one 

 little removed from it, the udder and milk 

 veins of the cow are little developed compared 

 with those of cows which have been kept on 

 rich pastures, and under a system of continued 

 selection for their milking qualities. A race 

 of large dairy cattle, while not called upon to 

 make any physical exertion, or submit to any 

 privations, may continue for many years to 

 answer the object of the farmer, if breeding 

 too much in and in be avoided. 



The buildings required by dairy cattle dur- 

 ing winter are expensive, and large cows are, 

 therefore, more economically housed than small 

 ones. The history, however, of these enlarged 

 cattle, shows that their existence as a race is 

 ephemeral, while that of the smaller cattle which 

 occupies poorer districts of land, there is every 

 reason to believe has endured for ages. In 

 our rich dairy counties, where the pasturage is 

 rich, the breeds of cattle which occupy them 



