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stock, either from farmers who select the 

 Shorthorn for the improvement of their 

 herds, or for export. The Shorthorn is not 

 pecuHar to any locality, but is bred to great 

 excellence in all parts of England and 

 Scotland. In the East of England the Red 

 Polled cattle are largely bred by farmers,^ 

 many of whom maintain pure strains of blood. 

 In Devon and Somerset three types of Devon, 

 Reds are bred with the same objects : the 

 production of bulls for breeding purposes, 

 or of milk. In Sussex and parts of Kent 

 there are many farmers who specialise with 

 the Red Sussex breed. In Hereford and 

 adjoining counties the Hereford breed is 

 predominant, and largely bred for beef and 

 stock purposes; and the remark equally 

 applies to the Black cattle of Wales; the 

 black polled Aberdeens and Galloways, the 

 Ayrshires as milking stock, and the West 

 Highlanders, all of which arc bred in Scot- 

 land. There are only two varieties, how- 

 ever, which are peculiar to Ireland : the 

 Kerry and the Dexter, both of which are 

 bred by numerous small farmers for milk 

 production. 



Reference has been made to this subject 

 in order to show the reader that there are 



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