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folly fatisfy himfelf, that the change will he per- 

 manently for his advantage. 



Of late years, there has been a great rage for 

 crofling the breed of cattle ; and though improve- 

 ment may have been e Hefted by it, in fome parts, 

 it cannot be denied, but that it has done great in- 

 jury in others.— In fhort, it fhould always be done 

 with great caution, and, in general, it is bed to 

 keep each fort of cattle as diliinft as poflible in its 

 kind, as every fort poffeffes fome particular advan- 

 tages : but when land becomes much improved, 

 Hock may be improved in proportion ; and in fome 

 inftances the breed may, undoubtedly, be croffed 

 with propriety ; but there ought always to be fome 

 affinity or fimihtude between the cattle which are 

 croifed. It is a manifell incongruity to match a 

 horned bull with a Suffolk polled cow ; or a Nor- 

 folk and a Leicefler fheep ; or a Norfolk and a 

 South Down; or any long wooled fheep with a 

 fhort wooled ; but a Leicelterfhire fheep may be 

 matched, with fome degree of propriety, with a 

 Cottfwold; and a South Down (heep with a Berk- 

 fhire or a Herefordfhire Ryland. 



I allow, that in Marfhland hundred, in gentle- 

 men's parks, and in fmall rich inclofures, in the 

 vicinity of towns, the Leicefterfhire iheep, which 

 has been lately introduced into fome parts of this 

 county, will anfwer extremely well ; but, to fup- 



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