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an alternate meal of steamed potatoes and fresh turnips ; but 

 others prefer giving the potatoes raw, as they tend to the 

 production of milk. Potatoes boiled till they dissolve in the 

 water, and given with salt, are found to enrich the milk. At 

 the commencement of the turnip season, it is the plan of 

 some to give less of the infusion of malt-sproutings as drink, 

 and to substitute distillers' grouts, or "draff," in order to 

 insure the quality of the milk. 



Some dairymen change their stock, or the greater part of 

 it, every year, fattening off or selling the cows as soon as 

 they become dry ; and purchasing others which have recently 

 calved, to take their place, thereby insuring an uninterrupted 

 supply of milk throughout the year. It is not from these 

 establishments that the buttermilk used in Edinburgh (as it 

 is throughout Scotland generally) is sent out, but from the 

 dairy-farms of the country around. 



We may now turn to the polled or hornless races of cattle, 

 of which Galloway furnishes us with a breed remarkable for 

 many excellencies. 



We have already said that we do not regard the polled 

 cattle as distinct from the horned breeds, with which in 

 general form, contour, and qualities, they closely agree. We 

 see little essential difference between the polled cattle of 

 Galloway and those of Argyleshire, or Arran in every 

 respect they are black cattle, or kyloes, only destitute of 

 horns. If, then, we arrange the polled breeds under a 

 separate head, it is more for the sake of convenience than of 

 absolute propriety. 



THE POLLED STOCK OF CATTLE. The semi-wild cattle of 

 Chatelherault Park, in Lanarkshire, the descendants of an 

 ancient race, are mostly, if not always polled, and probably 

 the present polled black cattle of Galloway may be derived 

 from the same ancestry. 



Formerly, few polled cattle were to be seen in this district 

 of Scotland; but within the last century the breed has 

 greatly prevailed, and it is highly valued. Occasionally, 

 cattle make their appearance with very minute or rudimen- 

 tary horns, attached, however, to the skin merely, and not 

 sheathing a bony core, indications of a tendency to the acqui 

 sition of these natural weapons ; and were the point to be 

 followed up by the breeder, these might be soon restored. 

 The breeder, however, is interested in keeping his polled 

 Galloways pure ; they are in great request by the grazier, 



