THE DERBY BREEl 



The preceding cut is a faithful portrait of one of the best of them. 

 The horns are altogether characteristic. 



The Derbyshire cows were originally long-horns ; and although of 

 a somewhat inferior breed, they were very useful animals, and espe- 

 cially in the dairies of this county, the cheese of which has -long been 

 admired. What cross gave them their peculiar character, and espe- 

 cially their singular horns, it is now impossible to determine. The 

 head was frequently thick and heavy, the chops and neck foul, the 

 bone too large, the hide heavy, and the hair long ; even the bag was 

 often overgrown and covered with hair — a circumstance very objec- 

 tionable to the dairyman ; they were little disposed to take on flesh 

 and fat, yet they were excellent dairy cows. 



DEKBY BULL. 



This cut gives a faitliful representation of the old Derby bull. 

 This breed, however, has gradually died away, and it is comparatively 

 seldom that a pure Derby can now be met witJi. The short-horns 

 have taken possession of this portion of the territory of the long-horns 

 also, and there are few dairy farmers now, and especially in the 

 neighborhood of Derby, that have any long horns in their dairies ; 

 and yet it is confidently asserted that some cows of the ancient 

 stock have yielded as much as seventeen pounds of butter in a 

 week. 



