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improvement of the Limousin breed in recent years has not 
progressed as it ought to have done. Young says that the form 
of these oxen was beautiful, " their backs straight and flat, 
with a fine springing rib, clean throat and leg," and that they 
were very well fattened. Mr. Richardson states that attempts 
have been made to increase the size of the breed by a cross 
with a more southern race, the Agenaise ; but adds that it " had 
been successful only where the pastures and general feeding are 
exceptionally rich." Crossing with the Shorthorn has also been 
tried, and is still being pursued to a slight extent, and, from a 
beef point of view, the result has been most satisfactory. The 
crosses, however, are said to be neither so good workers nor 
so well suited to that part of France as the pure Limousin ; and 
it seems that for a time at least improvement must proceed from 
selection in breeding. 
It is worthy of note that in Limousin the cows accomplish 
the home labour, and that the bullocks are sold when from a 
year to eighteen months old, and are moved into other parts of 
the country, where they are first worked and then fattened for 
the butcher. The cows are model workers, but only moderate 
milkers. Many of these can do little more than rear their 
calves. 
Fig. 2. — Limousin Cow, Five Tears Old, the Property of M. Caillaud. 
At the Exhibition the breed was very creditably represented, 
both as to numbers and quality. The entries were 69, and a 
group belonging to M. Caillaud, Chatenet-en-Dognou, Haute- 
