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land is conducted in such a manner as to render it 

 remunerative to the farmer, as well as useful to the 

 great mass of consumers ; and the raising of beef and 

 mutton has become a very important and well regu- 

 lated branch of husbandry. Not only have systems 

 of economical feeding been adopted, but great atten- 

 tion has been paid to the production of animals best 

 adapted to growth and early flittening. For many 

 years the Herefords and Devons stood in the front 

 rank, in all beef-growing districts. But it was found, 

 as was supposed, that the Hereford was unfit for the 

 grazier until after he was two years old, and that 

 although he took no fat readily after that period, still 

 he was hardly a remunerative animal to rear up to 

 that age, and the profit to be made on him came not 

 to the grower, but to the feeder who purchased him 

 for stalling or grazing. The same fault was found with 

 the Devons, w^hich, as ox labor was superseded very 

 much by horses, became in less demand for draught, 

 and were found in the end, although fattening rapidly 

 after reaching maturity, to have cost more than rapid 

 growers and early fatteners. It was these considera- 

 tions which induced Charles and Robert Colling to 

 select from various herds of the superior animals found 

 in the valley of the Tees, a choice few from which 

 they succeeded in creating the famous Improved Short- 

 horn, which has pr(!yuably already gained the highest 

 position among English beef-cattle. From the time of 

 the sale of Charles Ceiling's herd, Oct. II, 1810, up 

 to this time, the breed has continued to rise in public 

 estimation, and the fabulous prices secured for the ani- 

 mals, both in England and in this country, indicate a 



