THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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years past, of other breeds considered to be valuable. 

 But I luive yet to learn, if anything has been ob- 

 tained, that promises great and general benefits. The 

 question still recurs, and with increased interest, 

 What kind of cows shall the farmer keep?' 



his own preferences. We are respectively both ready 

 and willing, of all such preferences, to abide the re- 

 sults. I propose, merely, to make a few plain state- 

 ments in regard to a l)rced with which I have been 

 long acquainted, and which I highly prize, and to 



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HOLDEENESS COW. 



" Now, I have no expectation of answering this 

 question, to the satisfaction of any whose interests 

 and partialities are already enlisted in behalf of some 

 favorite blood, ^^'"ith sKch persons, I have no con- 

 troversy, no argument, although I may advocate a 



state a few out of many facts within the compass o 

 my own knowledge and experience. The farmer then 

 can drav,' his own conclusions. I allude now to the 

 ' Holderness' blood. And here I take the liberty to 

 remark, that I have seen in this county, and in some 



AYRSniRE cow. 



different breed. I have no design nor desire to dis- 

 parage their favorite stocks; but cheerfully concede 

 to them, whatever of excellence and value they pos- 

 sess. And I readily accord to others, that which I 

 also claim for myself, a perfect right to entertain each 



counties east of us, a breed of red cattle called ' Hoi" 

 derness,' which I do not consider to be even remotely 

 allied to that blood ; nor, indeed, ever to have pro- 

 ceeded from that blood at all. 



" In addition to their color, a striking characteristic 



