VI PREFACE. 



observation and practice in the FamVy Dairy. The convenience of 

 milk, butter, and cream, in an English Country House, is indispen- 

 sable ; and the object is to obtain those in sufficient plenty, in an ap- 

 propriate husband-like style, and within the fair line of expense. An 

 attention to the rules herein recommended, the author has no reason 

 to doubt, will not fail to assure such desirable effects. 



March 1, 1819. 



The FOURTH EDITION contains an addition on the Nature and Ma- 

 nagement of Bees ; a subject on which there has ever been a notable 

 disagreement amongst economists, some advocating it as a matter 

 deserving universal attention, others decrying it as a thing of the 

 meanest consequence. The Author has endeavoured to reconcile 

 this difference, and trusts he has succeeded. The Fowls and Ani- 

 mals exhibited in the Frontispiece were selected individuals, drawn 

 from the life by Mr. Webb. 



The PIG is a most correct likeness. It was bred in Bucks, but is 

 of the Oxfordshire dairy breed. Those breeds were originally, 

 although light in the ear, yet, in general, lop-eared, with a few, as is 

 usual, upeared ; and that form of the ear has, of late years, become 

 more common, the feeders, as I believe, esteeming the upright, or 

 pricked-eared pigs, as the speediest thrivers and best travellers. The 

 arched or roached-backed, also, is preferred, as consisting of the best 

 part of the carcase to the cutting butcher, by affording a large space 

 for pork-chops. The up-ear in this pig, I am assured, has not been 

 derived from any alien or inferior cross. My ancient and respected 

 friend, Mr. Wynt, from whom I have received constant and bene- 

 ficial instructions on these subjects, through such a long course of 

 years, sold this in a lot of dairy pigs, at Finchley, and gave me the 

 opportunity of having its form delineated. 



The Suffolk Cow is the property of Mr. Brown, of the Southampton 

 Arms, Camden Town, and gives remarkably rich milk, as well as a 

 profitable quantity. The head, perhaps the chief index of the breed, 

 is correctly drawn ; but the picture appears more leggy, and some- 

 what less substantial in form than the original. 



The SPANISH FOWLS were sold by Mr. Castang to a person at Hol- 

 loway, who says, notwithstanding their large size, they are perfectly 

 white fleshed and delicate. 



Nov. 21, 1821. 



