100 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY 



Section xvii. 



LIVE STOCK. 



JL HE horfes, as I have before obferved, are fhort, 

 compact, active, and hardy ; thofe of the original 

 flanding, and thofe with the Suffolk crofs, in my 

 opinion, may be confidered equally good ; thofe 

 which have the Lincolnfhire crofs, as Mr. Marfhall 

 very properly intimates, are not fo well adapted to 

 the country. 



The cows, which are natives, cannot be much 

 admired; they are fmall, with turned- up horns, 

 and generally of a red colour ; but, of late years, 

 the Suffolk polled cow, of the dun colour, is much 

 introduced ; it is not, indeed, quite fo hardy, but, 

 where the paflure is tolerably good, is certainly 

 more profitable. 



The old fort fuit the cottager beff, as they have 

 little more to give them, than the run of the com- 

 mon; but thofe of the Suffolk kind are much the 



beft 



