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site conclusion. No cattle are probably so 

 hardy as the Scotch ; none have more vigour, 

 none are better formed, and few so well ; yet 

 they yield little milk, but this of such good 

 quality that the offspring of those cows are 

 well nourished, yet the cows are not " in 

 proportion larger than the males." 



Then I have showed on good authority how 

 careful are the breeders of our Hereford and 

 Devon cattle to keep down the size of their 

 cows, and that the result of their doing so is 

 that the oxen of this race are the finest in the 

 world, being equally well constituted for the 

 yoke and for the butcher. These cows do not 

 yield much milk, but the quality is excellent ; 

 and it is this and not the quantity of milk 

 which is important to the offspring. 



It is well known to every man practically 

 acquainted with the subject, that the large cows 

 kept in our dairy counties are much less hardy 

 than the Scotch, the Welch, the Devons, or 

 the Herefords ; but the former yield much 

 more milk, which is the object of the dairy 

 farmer to obtain. 



Then what are more vigorous than the mares 



