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taken place with the Herefords and cattle of the neighbour- 

 ing districts ; but that the Glamorgan breed has remained 

 wonderfully pure, especially in the higher country, may be 

 inferred from the uniformity of characters which it has pre- 

 served. Various modern breeders, instead of a system of 

 crossing, have, with better judgment, directed their attention 

 to the improving of the breed which their country has for so 

 many ages produced. These improvements have been chiefly 

 carried on in the Vale, where the means are favourable to 

 the rearing of a superior breed of cattle. The result of these 

 experiments has shewn, -that the native Glamorgan affords 

 the basis of a valuable breed, requiring only that the same 

 care and time shall be given to breeding and rearing which 

 must be bestowed in order to bring any race of animals to a 

 perfect state. Many of these improved Glamorgans have 

 been able to contend successfully, with respect to early ma- 

 turity, symmetry, and even weight, with the Durhams and 

 Herefords ; and they are certainly superior to either of these 

 breeds in their adaptation to the dairy. No question, then, 

 can exist, that the breeders of Glamorgan are able to bring 

 the breed of the country to the degree of size, aptitude to 

 fatten, and economical value, which consists with the na- 

 ture of the district, and the state of its agriculture. The 

 improved Short-horns have, indeed, been largely introduced 

 into the Vale of Glamorgan, as into most other parts of the 

 country where the means exist of supplying them with suf- 

 ficient food ; and there has been a great inducement to culti- 

 vate them, seeing that this breed has been already perfected, 

 and that it is found in numbers sufficient to allow any one to 

 obtain, and rear it, whereas the finest class of Glamorgans 

 are only as yet in the hands of a few breeders who have made 

 them the subject of especial attention. But, excellent as the 

 imported breed is, this advantage would have resulted from 

 adhering to the older race, that the whole county would have 

 then been occupied by a uniform race ; and that from the 

 lower country to the higher superior males might have been 



