ADDRESS OF MR. LORINO. 



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modern Devon blood mixed with Short-horn, and 

 engrafted upon that soil, and brought to a high degree 

 of perfection by judicious care. In an obscure town in 

 Essex county, Massachusetts, there was a remarkable 

 cow, known of all men thereabouts, distinguished from 

 all "the old red stock," for her outline, her milking 

 qualities, her beauty ; her owner said she was English ; 

 on enquiry I found that she had descended from a herd 

 of Ayrshires, brought into the country many years ago, 

 and now nearly extinct. There are certain portions of 

 Essex county where I can almost always replenish my 

 herd of cows without much difficulty, and with many 

 chances of finding good animals; and I always find 

 that either Parsons imported into those regions, or such 

 men as Pickering and Newell brought among us choice 

 imported animals from other parts of the State. And I 

 think you will find that whether you are searching for 

 beef or milk, as a general rule, the farther 3^ou get from 

 the " old red stock," the better off you will be, always 

 granting that they possess certain qualities which 

 furnish an excellent opportunity for improvement. 



I was called to account last winter by one of the 

 religious newspapers of the day, which seemed for the 

 time to have strayed away from that fold to which it 

 was specially devoted, because in the agricultural dis- 

 cussions of the legislative season, I had advocated the 

 importation of cattle, and the introduction of the best 

 foreign breeds into our own country, while at the same 

 time I urged the possibility of improving the quality 

 of our horses, by confining ourselves to the best breeds 

 which we now have among us. A word in defense and 



