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long acclimated, and so excellent in itself, as that of Gal- 

 loway. The great advantage of having a breed possessing 

 uniformity, is manifest in Galloway, as in every country 

 where a race with determined characters exists. The breeder 

 has always in such a case the assurance of being able to 

 reproduce in the offspring the essential properties of the 

 parents ; whereas, in countries where no uniform breed has 

 been established, he never can be so assured of the result of 

 coupling animals together. The cattle of Galloway, though 

 they have all the characters of resemblance which constitute 

 a breed, yet vary greatly in size and form, according to the 

 fertility, natural or acquired, of the farms on which they are 

 reared, shewing the importance of providing an increase of 

 food for the animals when growing in bone and muscle. One 

 of the great defects, at the present time, over a large part of 

 Galloway, is the not supplying the growing stock with suffi- 

 cient food. 



IX.THE POLLED SUFFOLK BREED. 



The Polled Suffolk Breed is usually termed the Suffolk 

 Dun, from the county of Suffolk, where it is found in the 

 greatest numbers, and from the mouse-dun colour which was 

 once the prevailing one of the breed. Although termed Suf- 

 folk, the breed extends over Norfolk, Cambridge, and a part 

 of Essex, where it either remains pure, or has been mixed 

 in blood with other races. In Smithfield, the fattened cattle, 

 whether of pure or mixed lineage, receive the name of Home- 

 breds. 



The Polled Suffolk cattle are, as the name denotes, desti- 

 tute of horns. They are mostly of small size, and of defec- 

 tive form, when we regard them as animals to be fattened. 

 The characteristic colour of the older breed was a mouse- 

 dun, or some shade approaching to that colour; but now 

 they are generally reddish-brown, or brown mixed with 



