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clearly showing, what has been asserted by Col. Jaques and other 

 growers of fancy animals, that the influence of the male in raising 

 good stock for the dairy, is quite as important as that of the 

 female. Farmers who presume to keep an inferior brat of a 

 bull as the associate of their cows, make a great mistake. Keep 

 well formed bulls only, and such as have come from cows of 

 good character for milk, both quantity and quality — the latter 

 is quite as important as the former for all purposes, except for 

 sale in the market, and for that also, when the tricks of the trade 

 are fully un rstood. 



It was a favorite notion of Col. Pickering, to improve our dairy 

 stock, by rearing the offspring of those cows which had proved 

 good, and by giving premiums for such, and such only. And to 

 do this, to give encouragement to those who would bring forward 

 the offspring of such cows, when they arrived at maturity. But 

 so little of system is there in the movements of our Agricultural 

 Socieiies, governed by officers chosen annually, and by commit- 

 tees of a mushroom's growth — here to-day and gone to,morroiv — 

 hat I am not able to say, that any decided benefit resulted from 

 these offers, though, it is easy losee that they embrace the onl 

 rational mode of bringing about valuable improvements. Sup- 

 pose Coke or Bakewell had operated with as little regard to sys- 

 tem as we do, when would their improvements have been per- 

 fected ? The truth is, if we would have anything valuable we 

 must labor for it. There is no propriety in awarding premium 

 for animals that chance to he good. It is tljose which are made 

 good by care and attention that are to be rewarded, and those 

 only. 



A short time since, I visited the farm of a gentleman, adjoining 

 the farm of my father, who has spared no effort to secure a su- 

 perior dairy stock. He had Durhams, Devons and Natives, with 

 an expectation of Alderneys, all at the highest prices, averaging 

 not less than $75 an animal. On inquiry of his herdsman, which 

 was the best cow for milk in the yard, (and there were a dozen or 

 morethere,) the answer was, " that darkcolored, crumpled horn, 



