78 GALLOWAYS. SUFFOLKS. 



come, in a great measure, from the Ayrshires ; and, 

 had the facilities been offered to cross our common 

 stock with them to greater extent, there can be little 

 doubt that the improvement would have been greater 

 and more perceptible. 



It should, however, be said, that in sections where 

 the feed is naturally luxuriant, and adapted to grazing 

 large animals, some families of the short-horns crossed 

 with our natives have produced an equally good stock 

 for cheese and milk dairies. 



Before closing this part of the subject, it is proper to 

 observe that among the earlier importations were sev- 

 eral varieties of hornless cattle, and that they have been 

 kept distinct in some sections, or where they have been 

 crossed with the common stock there has been a tend- 

 ency to produce hornless grades. These are not unfre- 

 quently known under the name of buffalo cattle. They 

 were, in many cases, supposed to have belonged to the 

 Galloway breed ; or, which is more likely, to the Suffolk 

 dun, a variety of the Galloway, and a far better milking 

 stock than the Galloways, from which it sprung. The 

 polled, or hornless cattle, vary in color and qualities, 

 but they are usually very good milkers when well 

 Kept, and many of them fatten well, and attain good 

 weights. 



The Hungarian cattle have also been imported, to 

 some extent, into different parts of the country, and 

 have been crossed upon the natives with some success. 

 Many other strains of blood from different breeds have 

 contributed to build up the common stock of the coun- 

 try of the present day ; and there can be no question 

 that its appearance and value have been largely im- 

 proved during the last quarter of a century, nor that 

 improvements are still in progress which will lead to 

 satisfactory results in future. 



