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hold of the long horns was in Craven, in the West Riding of 

 Yorkshire, and Lancashire and Northumberland, but at tliis'day 

 they are not so often seen as formerly. From the Highland 

 counties in the north of England, the race was carried south 

 towards Wales, and into the southern counties in England. 



Sussex Cattle. 



The old Sussex ox is one of the best in England. It has 

 always found a ready sale in London market for beef. This is a 

 large animal, well formed, with a fine head, neck and horns. 

 When crossed with the Herefords, produce a large, strong ox, 

 vigorous, good and obedient workers. The Sussex cow is 

 principally kept for breeding. The milk is in small quantity, 

 though excellent in quality. She is therefore not a favorite 

 amongst the dairymen. The males of this race are amongst the 

 best for working oxen in England and America, and the females for 

 breeding. The stock are much found also in Kent and Surrey 

 counties. Sussex is a county in the extreme south-east part of 

 England, on the English Channel, bounded west by Hampshire 

 county and north by Surrey. The prevailing color is a blood 

 bay. The barrel well formed, capacious, back straight, hips wide 

 and well covered, and the hide mellow. I have noticed many 

 oxen of this type in New England; in Connecticut and on Con- 

 necticut river, in Massachusetts. Many of this stock were 

 brought into this country by the New-Haven colony. The 

 original race of Sussex appear to have been much allied to some 

 types of the Devons, but they had not so fine horns, nor were 

 they possessed of the agility of the Devons. Many of the feeding 

 grounds in Sussex are rich marsh lands, but the Devonshire 

 stock are from mountain districts. 



Cheshire Cattle. 



These cattle are from the extreme west of England, near 

 Liverpool. These were originally the long horned cattle from 

 Northumberland, crossed on the ScotcJi, Lancastershires and other 

 races. The stock has been long known as good milkers — cows 

 had large udders. The belly deep, with prominent milk veins. 

 Some of the cows have been known to yield twenty-four quarts 



