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1 27 An Essay on the question, whether the greatest improvement is sus- 

 ceptible from the qualities conspicuous in the male, or female parent, by the 

 Rev. Henry Berry. It received the honorary medal from the Highland So- 

 ciety of Edinburgh. It is printed in the British Farmer's Magazine, for 

 February 1831, and other periodical publications at that time. 



128 Answers by T. A. Knight, Esq. Husbandry of Scotland, vol. ii. Ap- 

 pendix, p. 104 and 105. 



129 General Report of Scotland, vol. iii. p. 21. 



130 Coventry's Discourses, p. 160. 



131 This was the practice of the late Duke of Bedford. Young's Calendar, 

 p. 511. 



132 Remark by C. Mason, Esq. of Clifton. 



133 This is the opinion of Messrs Bailey and Culley, the intelligent authors 

 of the Northumberland Report. See p. 166. 



134 It is well observed in the Northumberland Report, (8vo edition, p. 16O), 

 that improvements in stock are not so easily spread as those of cultivation. If 

 a farmer sees any modes of practice more beneficial than those he knew before, 

 he can readily adopt them ; or, if he discovers and selects a new variety of any 

 species of grain, more productive and more valuable than any hitherto known, 

 it multiplies so fast, that it is readily disseminated; but improved breeds of 

 stock are not so readily diffused ; they are much slower in their propagation, 

 and much more easily contaminated, and are only to be preserved by attention 

 and judgment. 



135 Coventry's Discourses, p. 144. 



136 It is hardly to be credited what pains are taken to keep animals in a fat 

 state. A farmer who was ambitious to excel, had purchased an extraordinary 

 bull from one of those fancy breeders, and complained to his former owner that 

 the animal was fast declining, although he had plenty of grass, hay, &c. ; on 

 which his former proprietor explained to the farmer, " that grass and hay were 

 not sufficient ; for besides these, he had been fed on grain, and had also been 

 indulged with a pail of milk every day, from the time of his quitting his mo- 

 ther. " This was purchasing good condition at a heavy price. 



137 Middlesex Report, p. 228. 



158 Coventry's Discourses, p. 166 and 168. 



139 Coventry's Discourses, p. 145. Bleeding the lambs liable to have that 

 inflammatory disease, called the braxy in Scotland, and giving them opening 

 medicines, or green food, would, in a great measure, prevent the ravages of that 

 disorder. 



140 General Report of Scotland, vol. iii. p. 22. 



HI Paper by T. A. Knight, Esq. Communications to the Board of Agri- 

 culture, vol. ii. note, p. 186. 



142 Perhaps the Herefordshire cattle approach the nearest to that perfect state, 

 of any of the larger breeds. They arrive soon at maturity, and are tit for la- 

 bour ; but it is a different variety of the same breed, that is preferred for the 

 dairy. Paper by T. A. Knight, Esq. Communications to the Board of Agri- 

 culture, vol. ii. Mr Coke of Holkham has chosen the North Devons in pre- 

 ference ; and with the care he has bestowed on the breed, he has already arriv- 

 ed at considerable success. The Ayrshire are perhaps the best milkers of their 

 size in Great Britain, and at the same time are excellent feeders when dry of 

 milk, for they fatten faster, and to as great an extent, as any of the other breeds 

 in Scotland. They have scarcely ever been tried in either plough or cart ; but 

 as they travel well, and are strong and alert, they would probably do as well in 

 the cart or plough as any other cattle of the same weight. 



143 Husbandry of Scotland, vol. ii. Appendix, p. 112. General Report of 

 Scotland, vol. iii. p. 7. 



144 Wiltshire Report, p. 155. 



145 This is a practice which the Norfolk farmer should adopt ; and indeed 



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