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milking capacity of our most important 

 breeds of dairy cows, purity of blood has 

 taken a higher place. Thus, we find the 

 Scottish dairy farmer, especially in the great 

 milk-producing counties of the South-West of 

 the country, almost invariably maintaining 

 a herd of pure-bred Ayrshires; in the East of 

 England the Red Poll is kept for milk produc- 

 tion more extensively than cows of any other 

 type; in Wales the black cattle of the country, 

 usually of pure blood, are the prevailing milk 

 producers; in the West of England the 

 Devons are kept with the same object; in 

 many of our best dairy counties — Lancashire, 

 Cheshire, parts of Yorkshire, Cumber- 

 land, Westmorland, and some of the 

 Midland and Western counties, the Dairy 

 Shorthorn is bred with great success; while 

 in all parts of England amateurs and many 

 farmers breed the Jersey, the Guernsey, 

 or the Kerry. The majority of these 

 varieties have been bred to points of 

 great perfection, and it is therefore easily 

 understood why the}^ are preferred to the 

 average cross-bred cow which is found in 

 all parts of England, and in far too great 

 numbers. 



It is not our object to suggest that the small 



