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toil, as to be easily and cheerfully accomplished. In the spirit 

 of drowsy Sancho, who invoked blessings on the man who 

 invented sleep, we utter unbounded thanks to the benign brain 

 of him who contrived the cheese and butter factory 1 



Although the chief cheese dairy districts of our country may 

 be mainly limited to the soils and localities we have described, as 

 being the most available for that article, butter is universally 

 made wherever cows are kept at all ; and it is none the less 

 necessary that proper breeds be obtained, and selections for 

 butter, as well as for sale milk dairies, be made. Equally so, 

 should the cow be selected for the breeding and rearing of beef 

 animals, and of oxen for labor. Every farmer, every owner of 

 a cow in the land, should take a pride and a pleasure in having 

 her the best, most useful of her kind. There is no more comely 

 creature living than a fine, well developed cow or heifer, a steer 

 or an ox, and the whole majesty of the bovine race stands forth 

 in a well bred, stately bull, of an established approved breed. 

 No higher ornament to the farm, the park, the paddock, or the 

 stall, can be found than in them^ Their presence is ever a 

 pleasure to those who appreciate their value, whether in the 

 humbler walks of rural life, or enjoying the highest social or 

 public distinctions. 



Having discussed our cattle chiefly from a utilitarian view, it 

 may not be out of place to touch them in a different, and some- 

 what aesthetic character, as connected with country life, recrea- 

 tion, and those periods of quiet leisure, to which men engaged 

 in pursuits other than agricultural, devote a portion of their time. 



The breeding and rearing of cattle is an interesting, a pleasant 

 occupation, to all having taste in that line, aside from the profit 

 or convenience connected with it. It is a taste to be cultivated 

 by all whose inclination leads them to its indulgence. It is a 

 pure, a simple pursuit, fraught with continuous interest, hope. 



