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with spirit. Among these, Mr. Youatt particularises Mr. 

 Watson, of Keillor, as a gentleman whose judicious efforts in 

 the rearing and improvement of this breed were crowned with 

 marked success. We are informed that this gentleman ob- 

 tained more than one hundred prizes, besides several valuable 

 pieces of plate ; and that he raised the Keillor breed to the 

 highest possible grade of excellence. At the same time Mr. 

 Youatt acknowledges, that " the Angus polled cattle generally 

 are not of that superior quality and value which an account of 

 the Keillor breed would seem to indicate, or, what is the case 

 with many other breeds, they are exceedingly valuable in their 

 own climate, and on their own soil, but they do not answer the 

 somewhat unreasonable expectations of their purchasers when 

 driven to the south." 



Leaving Scotland for England, we shall find that the counties 

 of Norfolk and Suffolk present us with polled breeds of cattle, 

 not originals of the two counties respectively, but the result of 

 the introduction of the polled cattle of Scotland. 



Formerly, it appears that the Norfolk cattle were of the 

 middle-horned breed, somewhat resembling the Devons ; but 

 this breed gradually gave way before the Galloways, of which 

 Norfolk was one of the chief feeding districts for the London 

 markets. It was rational that the farmers, seeing the superior 

 value of the latter, should endeavour to naturalize them ; and 

 this they not only accomplished, but, in process of time, their 

 old stock became almost entirely superseded. Yet the Norfolk 

 polled cattle have departed from the pure Galloway type; and 

 this is what might have been anticipated. Change of soil and 

 climate, perhaps, with other causes, have produced their effects; 

 and though the characteristics of the Galloway breed are not 

 lost, they are greatly modified. The cows are, perhaps, some- 

 what improved as milkers, but the cattle generally stand higher 

 on the limbs than do the Galloways, and are flatter in the ribs 

 and thinner in the chine : they are taller, but not so heavy for 

 their stature ; they do not feed so rapidly, nor is the meat so 

 fine in grain. Some are black, but most are of a red tint, often 

 more or less varied with white. It must be confessed, how- 

 ever, that with regard to the excellence of these cattle there is 

 great difference ; perhaps the regular accession of pure Gallo- 

 ways militates generally against any very extensive efforts by 

 way of their improvement : yet it is certain that where their 

 cultivation has been properly attended to, great success has 

 been the result. Another point which tells against them, is 



