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to each of them which present strong temptations to the 

 farmer ; and it is moreover undoubtedly true that certain 

 modifications take place in all after their introduction to 

 this country, which may be good or bad, according to the 

 quality of the importation, and the influences to which it is 

 exposed. Senator Douglas once told me that Illinois was 

 producing better Short-horns than could be found in Eng- 

 land ; and I have no doubt that the breed does improve in 

 the fiue pastures and under the mild sky of the West and 

 Southwest. Thorough-bred Devons seem never to have 

 maintained in this country the character they have secured 

 in England. Both as cows and oxen they are graded here 

 to great advantage ; but as pure animals they seem to de- 

 generate. I have never seen so good a Jersey cow raised 

 in this country as I have seen imported. Of Herefords, 

 West Highlanders, and others, we have hardly had good 

 opportunities to judge, the former not having increased to 

 any great number, and the latter hardly having appeared 

 among us. Ayrshires judiciously selected and properly 

 treated have taken kindly to our soil and climate, and in 

 many instances have improved upon the originals. 



So far as the products of the various breeds of cattle are 

 concerned, there are certain facts worthy of notice. There 

 is no doubt that the beef of the West Highlanders, of the 

 Devon, and perhaps of the Galloway, and Hereford, is bet- 

 ter than that of the Short-horns — not so profitably raised, 

 but more palatable. I found no beef in England, where 

 most beef appears as it does in our country, so good as I 

 find it in the markets of New England, and especially 

 in those of New York, Philadelphia, and Washington. 

 So far as my observation goes, and so far as I can learn 

 from dairymen abroad, cows go dry on an average twice 



