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two years old, it is indulged in its propen- 

 i!ty. It follows, of courfe, that the indi- 

 viduals which reach the ftage of maturity, 

 and from which new generations are to be 

 raifed, are, as to fatting quality, the mere 

 refufe of the breed : and nothing, but a 

 .Wrongly rooted inherent excellency of qua- 

 lity, could preferve them in the ordinary 

 ftate, in which they are at prefent found. 



III. In the REARING OF CATTLE, 



I collected nothing, in this Diftrid, which 

 is entitled to efpecial notice. The firft 

 year, the calves are kept within the in- 

 clofures ; bat, the next, are generally fent 

 to the commons and hill paftures. Hei^ 

 fers are brought into milk at two and a half 

 to four years old ; according to' cii'Cum- 

 ftances. And fleers are broke into the 

 yoke, at fimilar ages -, according to their 

 /ize and keep. 



What fteers the ?4^oorfide fanners do 

 not want for their own work, are fold to 

 the In-country farmers, who work them 

 fometimes to eight, ten, or twelve years 

 old. When thrown up, they are princi- 



R 3 pally 



