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cTiasing tliese cattle for tlieir stalls for fattening. The Warwiok- 

 sliire people have themselves long possessed breeds of cattle of a 

 superior kind, which seem to have been a race of long horns 

 with a cross of the Herefords and Alderneys. George III. had a 

 well selected stock of these Glamorgan cattle on his farm at 

 Windsor. Indeed, the fattening qualities of these cattle and 

 and other Welsh cattle were proverbial. The best cross on this 

 breed is said to be on the Ayrshire, of Scotland, producing a 

 hardy animal, apt to fatten, a good milker, and wlien fed aftbrd- 

 ing excellent beef. The color of these cattle was red and brown, 

 with a small head, lively countenance, neck well arched, carcass 

 round and well turned, good workers and docile. 



Montgomeryshire Cattle. 



This county is situated in the highlands of Wales; it possessed 

 two distinct races of cattle, one from the hills, red, brindled and 

 black; the animal was healthy, hardy, apt to fatten, and made a 

 strong, light ox, quick at work, full of spirit, but tlie cows were 

 said to be inferior milkers. The other race was found in the 

 vale of the Severn river. The ox fattened readily; the color 

 was brown with white under the belly, the horns slender, but 

 well turned. The cows, when properly fed, were good milkers 

 and made exc-ellent cheese. This race is evidently a cross on the 

 Devons and the old Welsh cattle. 



The Severn river heads in the mountains of Wales; after 

 running east into Eiigland, it then turns south and finds its way 

 into the valley of the Bristol Channel, which was formerly the 

 great place of embarkation of the Pilgrims to America. 



The Hereford Cattle. 

 The Herefords originally were a brown, or red brown, and a 

 bay red, with not a white spot about them. They originally had 

 almost exclusive possession of the county of Hereford. This 

 county lies along the extreme west of England, adjacent to Wales. 

 These oxen were considerably larger than the Devons; they are 

 higher and broader, heavier in the chime, rounder and v/ider 

 across the hips, better covered with fet, eyes full and lively, 

 forehead broad, good horns, long neck, head small, chest deep, 

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