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period, in Suffolk and the adjoining districts. The indivi- 

 duals are of medium size, with defective forms ; but the cows 

 are admirable for the quantity of milk which they yield. 

 The breed is losing ground continually, from the want of 

 care of the breeders, and the effects of crossing. 



10. The Polled Irish Breed, of large size, and well suited 

 to the dairy, but much scattered, and merging in the races 

 with which it is crossed. 



11. The Falkland Breed of Fifeshire, apparently derived 

 from Holland, inheriting the milching properties of the Dutch 

 races, but now nearly extinct in the pure state. 



12. The Alderney Breed, reared in the Norman Islands of 

 the Channel, of small size and ungainly form, with short 

 crumpled horns, of delicate constitution, and requiring a tem- 

 perate climate, but yielding a rich and finely-coloured milk. 

 This breed is regularly imported into England, where it is 

 kept for the luxury of the opulent, or partially employed in 

 the regular dairies of the countries of the Chalk. 



13. The Ayrshire Breed, derived from the county of Ayr, 

 but widely spread over the dairy districts of Scotland, and 

 extending in considerable numbers to Ireland. This is the 

 most numerous breed, cultivated exclusively for the dairy, in 

 the British Islands. The individuals are of medium size, 

 and of various colours, with short horns. They are capable 

 of subsisting on ordinary pastures, and yield a large quan- 

 tity of milk in proportion to their size and the food con- 

 sumed. 



14. The Devon Breed, naturalized in the higher parts of 

 Devonshire, on the. Bristol Channel, but spreading through 

 the lower country. These cattle have orange-yellow skins, 

 fine tapering horns, and are of a deep red colour. They are 

 of a light and graceful form, agile, and suited for active 

 labour. They fatten with sufficient facility on good pastures, 

 and in a temperate climate ; but they are inferior in hardi- 

 ness, and the power of subsisting on scanty herbage, to the 

 mountain cattle of Scotland and Wales. They increase in 



