3i^. NORFOLK. 3^2^ 



Bulls of the SufTolk polled breed have, at 

 different times, been brought into this Di- 

 ^ridt : and there are feveral inllances of the 

 Norfolk breed being croffed with thefe bulls. 

 — -The confequence is, an increafe of fize, an4 

 an improvement of form : but it is much to 

 be feared, that the native hardinefs of the 

 Norfolk breed, and their quality of fatting 

 quickly, at an early age, are irjured by this 

 jnnQVation ; which was firfi: iritrpduced by 

 c^entlemen, who, it is probable, were unac- 

 quainted with the peculiar excellency of the 

 true Norfolk flock ; and the mongrel breed, 

 which has arifen from t|)e crofs, yet remains 

 in the hands of a few individuals. 



A few years ago, a Highland Scotch bull 

 was brought into this neighbourhood, by a 

 map who Hands high in the profeflion of 

 grazing ^ and who has crolied his pwn flock, 

 pf the true Norfolk breed, with this bull. 

 The produce of this crpfs proves^ that if the 

 genuine breed can be improved, by apy ad- 

 mixture of blood whatever, it is by that of 

 the *' Highland Sept." The chine is, by this 

 crofs, obvloufly improved; and the hardinefs, 

 as well as the fleih, and pronenefs to fat at a 

 Y 3 certaiji 



