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 were made, 22 ounces and an half to tlie Ih 

 But from 20 quarts of cream of the Ihort 

 horned cattle only i^lb. were made. 



Thefe two experiments are certainly, as 

 far as they extend, conclufive. 



Mr. Turner did not procure a dairy of the 

 true Laticajhire * long horned cows, without 

 much trouble and great expence; for the 

 great repute that breed has been in of late 

 years, among the capital breeders of ftock, 

 has made the genuine breed fought after, 

 and the pedigrees fearched into, almoft with 

 as much attention as thofe of race hcrfes. 

 His firft bull was given him by the late Sir 

 WiUiajn Lowther ; and he has now 1 5 covv's, 

 that coll him 20 guineas each; and to fhew 

 the value of this breed for the purpofe of 

 breeding bulls it may not be amifs to remark, 

 that Mr. Turner was offered 60 guineas for 

 two of thefe cows by the moft famous 

 flock-breeder perhaps in England^ Mr. 

 Bakewell of Ditchley^ near Loughborough 

 in LeiceJierJJjire, 



* The Derby/hire breed, is a baftard fort of Lavca- 

 JJnre^ and for mere milking is perhaps as profitable as 

 the beft. Mr. Hird (this gentleman's fteward) had 

 a cow of the breed between both, which, in September 

 1768, gave 13 quarts of milk each meal, which in one 

 week produced 9 lb. 4 oz. of butter at 20 oz. per lb. 

 The flcin of her calf weighed 18 lb. and was fold for 

 7 s. This calf weighed 22 lb. per quarter. 



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