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The first pair, or Nos. 1 and 2, consumed of hay, 

 18 cwt., 1 qr , value 

 Flour, 1 qr., 14 lbs. 

 Mangold-wurzel, 196 bushels 



Expense of feeding 

 Gain, 3 cwt , 1 qr., 7 lbs., value 

 Gained by feeding 



Nos. 3 and 4 consumed of hay, 

 20 cwt., 2 qrs., value 

 Bean tiour .... 

 Swedes turnips, 196 bushels 



Expense of feeding 

 Gain, 3 cwt., 2 qrs., 21 lbs. . 

 Gained by feeding 



Nos. 5 and 6 consumed of hay, 

 23 cwt., value 



Bean flour .... 

 Potatoes, 78 bushels 



Gain, 2 cwt., 3 qrs., 7 lbs. 



Gained by feeding 



The extraordinary success of Mr. Bakewell in 

 bringing this breed of cattle to sucli a state of ex- 

 cellence in so short a period, may serve as a stimu- 

 lus to the improvement of other breeds ; though the 

 rapid declension Avould seem to shovir that the prin- 

 ciples on which he conducted his improvements 

 contained some radical defect, which is probably 

 to be found in his system of continual breeding "in 

 and in," without the intervention of so much as a 

 single cross. As all the cattle in this country have 

 been derived from foreign sources, and principally 

 from England, the mixture and crosses are so innu 

 merable, that the attempt to trace most of our cattle 

 to their proper origin would be a hopeless task. 

 The quality of the whole has, however, we think, 

 materially improved within a few^years, owing prin- 

 cipally to the exertions made to -call the attention 

 of breeders to the subject, and the numerous im- 



