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On ArgylesJilre Cattle. 



was almost invariably of a lighter colour ; and when the cross was 

 carried on with the Hereford blood too^ the animals so bred had 

 rather deteriorated than improved : there was, too generally^ 

 much more way wardness of temper. 



Within these few years an accidental variety has arisen. One 

 of the cows, having a small portion of v/hite^ produced a spotted 

 calf; and this being a bull, the proprietor was induced to keep 

 him as such ; from which., if equally good in other qualities, he 

 might add to the beauty of his stock, as the tenants of a richly- 

 wooded domain. That object has for several years been success- 

 fully carried on, and without any deterioration of any important 

 essential. The mixtures that have already taken place are chiefly 

 confined to the light duns and cream colour, and a most pleasing 

 variety they exhibit ; the arrangement of the spots being curiously 

 diversified and delicately broken and subdued by the continually 

 shifting masses of hair. 



Though Hereford is almost exclusively a breeding county, fev/ 

 persons give themselves the trouble of riding a little distance to 

 view such a stock ; and, though it may not be their interest to 

 adopt it, yet^ possessing so many qualities to please the most dis- 

 cerning breeders, it creates some surprise no more notice has 

 been taken of it. Some few landed proprietors in Monmouth- 

 shire and the Welsh border have been in possession of some of 

 the breed of Highland Scots for many years; but, as I have had 

 no opportunity of examining them, or inquiring about them in 

 that locality, I abstain from any vague or unw^arranted statement. 

 I cannot, however, avoid expressing, my surprise that the experi- 

 ment of placing them in different parts of the principality has not 

 been more attended to ; it being very desirable that the question 

 should be determined, whether any physical causes exist inimical 

 to their well -doing. 



I am. Sir, yours. Sic. 



E. F. Welles. 



Hereford, Nov. 20, 1839. 



XXX Vn. — On the Mode of Making and Using Tiles for Under- 

 JJraining, practised on the Stoiv Hall Estate in Norfolk, cj c. 

 By John W^iggins, F.G.S., Land-Agent. 



1. The proper earth for making draining or sough tiles is a 

 strong or stiff clay, whilst bricks require a mild or more tender 

 clay. The tile-earth here is a strong blue clay of the Kimmeridge 



* Many modes of making drain-tiles are at present practised ; and the 

 Tester patent (founded on the Marquess of Tvveeddale's invention) and se- 



