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that interferes injuriously with the yield of milk. So far as an 

 opinion can be formed from what they have done here, they seem 

 to be just the cows for the town and city, where plenty of good 

 food and comfortable shelter are always provided. As to general 

 dairy purposes in the country, it would be well to give them a 

 fair trial, having particular regard to selections of those of good 

 constitution. They are also worthy of attention for crossing the 

 common stock. Persons who have kept the breed in the vichiity 

 of Boston, have obtained an extra price for butter. Instances 

 are not uncommon of cows of this breed aifording ten to twelve 

 pounds of butter a week, and sometimes still higher yields are 

 obtained. The statement of Thomas Motley, Jr., Esq., of West 

 Roxbury, was published several years since, showing that the milk 

 of his cow Flora, produced 511 lbs. of butter in one year. 



The Yorkshire Breed is a sub- variety of the Short-horn. It 

 is not that which has been denominated the Improved Short-horn, 

 or Durham breed, whose leading characteristic is the production 

 of beef. Though both belong to the Short-horn race, there is as 

 much diflference between the milking and fattening varieties as 

 between cattle which are frequently considered of distinct breeds. 

 The term Yorkshire may be said to comprehend the great bulk of 

 Short-horn cattle having no pedigrees, and those having unknown 

 or indefinite degrees of the improved blood. They have frequently 

 been imported to this country, sometimes as " ship's cows," but 

 are often elevated to the rank of " Durhams" on their arrival. 

 A variety called Holderness, from a district of that name in York- 

 shire, was formerly celebrated for milk. The Yorkshires have 

 been kept extensively in England for milk, on rich pastures, and 

 for the milk-dairies of cities. But they are not adapted to short 

 pastures, on account of their great size and rather weak constitu- 

 tions. They are not a breed that would be profitable here, under 

 ordinary circumstances. 



There was formerly a variety of cattle in Yorkshire called the 

 Yorkshire Brindle, much prized for their milking properties. 

 From some of the remnant of this variety that I have seen in 

 England, they may be said to differ considerably from the Short- 

 horns. Their color is widely different, being, as their name indi- 

 cates, brindled, while the ordinary Yorkshire, as well as Short- 

 horns in general, are either roan, or red and white ; the head is 

 generally shorter and broader, with longer and more upright 

 horns. From descriptions of cattle imported into Virginia in the 

 latter part of the last century, and subsequently transferred to 

 Kentucky, it seems probable that some of them were of thi i York- 

 shire Brindle breed. 



The Leicester or liONG-iiORNED Breed is one of great antiqui- 

 ty, being generally considered indigenous to Britain and Ireland. 



