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orange-yellow, and the individuals are most esteemed in 

 which this colour prevails. The hair is dark-brown, usually 

 brokeli with white ; and very generally there is a uniform 

 marking of the latter colour, extending along the belly, and 

 forming a streak along the back. Their chests are well 

 formed, with moderate dewlaps, and their beef is excellently 

 marbled. The Cows are exceedingly good milchers, giving a 

 rich yellow cream. The domestic dairy has always been an 

 important object of attention in this and other parts of Wales, 

 and hence the property of yielding abundant milk has been 

 sought for and obtained in the races of the country. In this 

 respect the Cows of Glamorgan differ essentially from those 

 of Hereford and North Devon, in which the attention of 

 breeders has been directed to grazing, and not to the dairy. 

 It is an opinion frequently expressed by Glamorgan breed- 

 ers, that the native breed had been injured by an intermix- 

 ture of other races. This deterioration is supposed to have 

 taken place after the commencement of the last war ; and 

 one of the proofs of it cited is, that the Glamorgan cattle, 

 which had formerly been in great request for grazing, began 

 to lose favour in the districts to which they had before been 

 carried, as in Leicestershire, and other grazing counties. This 

 effect, however, is sufficiently accounted for by the increased 

 attention which had begun to be paid throughout the country 

 to the improvement of live stock, and to the extension of su- 

 perior breeds. It is less likely that the Glamorgan cattle had 

 become deteriorated, than that the breeders of them had 

 failed to keep pace with those of other parts of the country. 

 With respect to the presumed mixture of other blood, this has 

 probably been as little in Glamorganshire as in most parts of 

 the kingdom. The native farmers appear to have long taken 

 a peculiar pride in their ancient breed, and are at this hour 

 very generally as tenacious of its purity as any breeders can 

 be supposed to be. Individuals, indeed, chiefly in the Vale, 

 have made experiments in crossing, just as has happened in 

 other parts of the country ; and insensible mixtures may have 



