106 OP LIVE STOCK. 



propriety of fattening animals to such a pitch, or the re- 

 finements of modern breeding, it may be sufficient to ob- 

 serve, that the breeds of live stock in Scotland are, on the 

 whole, well calculated for the soil and climate of that coun- 

 try ; and that many of them are distinguished by most va- 

 luable properties, which are not to be surpassed, and in- 

 deed are rarely equalled, by those of any other country. 



The observations on this subject shall be confined to the 

 four principal sorts of live stock; 1. Cattle; 2. Sheep; 3. 

 Horses j and, 4. Hogs. 



1. CATTLE. In the General Report of Scotland, a par- 

 ticular account will be given of the various breeds of cattle 

 in that part of the kingdom. It may be observed in gene- 

 ral, on the authority of a most respectable correspondent, 

 (Mr Trevelyan of Netherwitton, near Morpeth), that the 

 farmers of Scotland, are too apt to overlook and undervalue 

 their own breeds of cattle. In regard both to beauty of 

 form, and quickness of feeding, they are equal to any, and 

 would improve still more, were the same care taken of the 

 calves as in the southern districts. Even as matters are 

 conducted, for delicacy of eating, and excellence of form, 

 nothing can surpass the small breeds in the northern parts 

 of the island, the Kyloes, or the cattle of the Isle of Sky, 

 and other islands in the Hebrides, and the west country 

 Highlanders, or cattle of Argyll. It is maintained, in- 

 deed, by a gentleman, eminent for his skill in breeding, 

 that a mixture of the Kyloe blood, in a small proportion, 

 and done with judgment, in a proper manner, and at a 

 proper time, would do good, even to the best short-horned 

 stock. He adds, that there is not any other breed, but the 

 Kyloe, that would admit even of a small mixture with the 

 short-horned, without injury to the breed. 



Of a larger description than the Kyloe, and from their 



