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bulk when naturalized in a lower country, so that the breed 

 of South Devon differs in size and aspect from that of the 

 higher lands. The females are small, and deficient in the 

 power of yielding milk, though the milk which they afford is 

 well-coloured and rich in cream. 



15. The Sussex Breed, a variety of the Devon, and inhe- 

 riting its properties, but of larger size, and less delicate 

 form. This breed is now undergoing great improvement, 

 but is little sought for, for the purposes of grazing, beyond 

 the district in which it is reared. 



16. The Glamorganshire Breed, proper to the county of 

 that name, common to the high and low grounds, but only 

 brought to perfection in the vale of Glamorgan. This breed 

 possesses valuable qualities, and combines well the properties 

 of milching and fattening ; but the numbers of the improved 

 variety are limited, and circumscribed in their diffusion by 

 other breeds more generally cultivated. 



17. The Herefordshire Breed, greatly valued for its fat- 

 tening properties, and extensively diffused, for the purposes 

 of grazing, in the west of England. It has a remote affinity 

 with the Devon Breed, and the cows inherit the defect of the 

 latter, in being small and imperfectly suited to the dairy. 



18. The Long-horned Breed, from time immemorial spread 

 over Ireland and the western counties of England, still occu- 

 pying a great tract of country, both in the mountains and 

 plains, and varying in size with the fertility, natural or ac- 

 quired, of the districts in which it has been naturalized. It 

 was on the basis of this widely-spread race, that Bake well 

 reared the beautiful Breed of Dishley, which spread over the 

 midland counties, and extended its influence by crossing the 

 older and cdarser varieties. The Long-horned Breed is now 

 giving rapid place to others better suited to the purposes of 

 the breeder, the grazier, and the consumer. 



19. The Tees water Short-horned or Durham Breed, de- 

 rived immediately from the district of the Tees, and per- 

 fected by Charles and Robert Colling, in the county of Dur- 



