THE SHORT-HORNS. 



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teen to twenty months old ; the four quarters of which weighed 

 945 lbs. 



The same gentleman fed a steer, aged two years and four months, 

 whose four quarters weighed 1231 lbs. ; also a steer, aged three years 

 six months, w^hose four quarters weighed 1369 lbs. ; tallow, 241 lbs. 



Should the foregohig statement be considered extended, it will, at 

 kast, be admitted, that its ample detail establishes the credit of the 

 short-horns as an invaluable breed to the grazier. 



In the commencement of this account, however, it was stated that 

 they possess a combination of qualities, considered incompatible in 

 other breeds, viz., the disposition to feed rapidly, in union with dairy 

 qualifications. 



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LORD ALTHORP S HEIFER. 



There is a very general impression that animals disposed to fatten 

 rapidly seldom give much milk. It is true, that every perfection in 

 eattle — whether it be one of form, of quality of flesh, of disposition 

 to fatten, or to yield milk — can be promoted and retained solely by 

 the breeder's devoted attention to his particular object ; and if one 

 object be allowed a paramount importance in the breeder's practice, 

 other objects will suffer, in proportion as they are neglected. 



The carc.as.s of the short-horns has ever been so surprising, and so 



