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THE LONG-HORNED, OR LANCASHIRE 

 BREED. 



Is common in Lancashire, Westmorland, and 

 Cumberland, and some of the neighbouring coun- 

 ties; and, notwithstanding the changes which have 

 taken place by the introduction of foreign kinds, 

 there is reason to believe that this, for a consider- 

 able time at least, has been the prevailing stock of 

 the kingdom at large. 



Mr. Marshall, in his excellent treatise on the 

 "Economy of the Midland Counties," observes, 

 that from this kind the present improved breed of 

 cattle in Leicestershire is traceable, by the most 

 indisputable evidence. From Bulls brought out of 

 Westmorland and Lancashire, and Cows from the 

 banks of the Trent, the celebrated Canley breed, the 

 property of Mr. Webster, derived its origin; and 

 about fifty years ago it was esteemed the most 



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