oa: 3i.)jli, tV.) n A'irjid, li by ihi i;itrjla:;tiati at tlu-i^ aiU 

 mib. Siill, for tha Jersey bulls I have a^ particular fancy. 

 I shall not so3n forg3t th3 mianir in which the ball only twj 

 years old, imported by Mr. Motley, of Roxbury, applied his 

 horns to his ovvaer. I saw him a few weeks after this, and 

 am free to say, that if animils with such propensities were 

 to be about my premises, I should wish to be away from 

 home. Who could forgive himself if his son or servant was 

 permanently maimed, by such an animal ? Ask John Tay- 

 lor of Franklin, what estimate he puts on Hungarian Bulls ? 

 Not for all the celebrity ever attained by the most celebrated 

 owner of this animal, would I run the risk that John Taylor 

 ran. Animals or men with such pugnacious bumps, be they 

 from Hungary or elsewhere, had better remain at home. 

 Oar railroads and steam engines kill fast enough, without 

 having living machines in our barn yards, for this purpose. 

 Animals thus dangerous should not be kept. It is as bad to 

 keep a bull that gores , as a dog that bites. 



Notwithstanding the merits of the improved breeds as they 

 are called, have been proclaimed abroad for forty years or 

 more, and unwearied efforts have been made to diffuse them 

 they are rarely found in the barn yard of the common far- 

 mer. Why is this ? These farmers generally understand 

 on which side their bread is buttered, and how to make the 

 butter for their bread. Would it be so, if these cattle 

 were really better adapted to their uses ? The fact that 

 they do not seek to obtain them, and when they get them, 

 they do not try to keep them, speaks louder than volumes of 

 argument. 



Without doubt, benefit may accrue from crossing the 

 best of imported animals with the best of our own. This 

 was recommended by Messrs. Pickering and Lowell, before 

 named ; and this has been recommended by all intelligent 

 men who have given attention to the subject. This has 

 been attempted by the Massachusetts Society for the Pro- 

 motion of Agriculture. At great expense they have im^ 



