82 THE COMPLETE GRAZIER. BOOK i. 



In fig. 29 we give part of a head showing the first of the ahove 

 classes, the short-horned ; in fig. 30 of the long-horned ; and in fig. 31 

 the full head of the middle-horned. 



It has been observed by Mr. Culley, that " the Longhorns excel 

 in the thickness and firm texture of the hides, in the length and 

 closeness of the hair, in the beef being finer-grained and more mixed 

 and marbled than that of the Shorthorns, in weighing more in 

 .proportion to their size, and in giving richer milk ; but they are 

 inferior to the Shorthorns, in giving a less quantity of milk, in 

 affording less tallow when killed, in being slower feeders, of a 

 coarser make, and more leathery or bullish in the under side of the 

 neck. The Longhorns excel in the hide, hair, and quality of the beef ; 

 the Shorthorns in the quantity of beef, tallow, and milk. Each breed 

 has long had, and probably will have, its zealous advocates ; and both 



Fig. 29. Shorthorn. Fig. 30. Longhorn. Fig. 31. Middle-horn. 



kinds may have their particular advantages in different situations. 

 Why may not the thick firm hides, and long close-set hair of the one 

 kind, be a protection and. security against those impetuous winds and 

 heavy rains to which the western coast of this island is so subject, 

 whilst the more regular seasons and mild climate upon the eastern 

 coast are most suitable to the constitution of the Shorthorn ? " ] 



It should, however, be understood, that the preference above given 

 by Mr. Culley to the Longhorn variety, on account of the superior 

 quality of the beef, applies only to the type of that breed which was 

 selected, improved, and recommended by Mr. Bakewell, and which is 

 described in the introductory account, already referred to, under the 

 name of the Dishley breed. In fact Mr. Culley was of opinion 

 that " a breed of Shorthorn cattle might be selected, equal if not 

 superior to that very kindly fleshed sort of Mr. Bakewell, provided 

 any able breeder, or body of breeders, would pay as much attention 

 to these as Mr. Bakevveli and his neighbours have done to the Long- 

 horns." 2 



This, as the view of an eminent breeder, was entitled to con- 

 siderable attention; and was corroborated by a fact stated in the 



1 " Cxtlley on Live Stock," p. 80. 



2 Ibid. p. 81. 



