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their meal in the same shed, and said to his herdsman, " Why 
don't vou feed all these cattle the same?" The answer was, 
" I give them more than the Longhorns, but it is gone directly : 
I never ' seed ' such eaters in my life." 
A very large grazier, who feeds all breeds of cattle, says : 
" I have noticed the Longhorns, and I think they are a hardy 
docile race of cattle, and good thrivers for the food given them." 
Another thing in their favour may be quoted from the experience 
of Mr. Phillips, of Eastern Green, near Coventry, who says, 
" I have been a Longhorn-breeder for sixteen years, and have 
j never had any portion of the herd attacked with foot-and-mouth 
or any other disease, although disease has been prevalent with 
the other stock on the farm, and in the immediate vicinity." 
These Longhorns were bred from the herd of Mr. Twycross, of 
Canley. As an impartial historian, however, I am bound to 
say that, as a set-off against their good qualities, some breeders 
have found a difficulty in rearing Longhorn calves during the 
earlier stages of their existence ; but once get them over the 
dangerous period, and no hardier cattle could be wished for. 
The following letters will give a better insight into their cha- 
racteristics than anything which I could say. 
!Miss Brown, of the Manor House, Farewell, says : " I prefer 
the Longhorns before any other breed of cattle, because I have 
proved their value in the making of cheese and butter. Many 
years ago, when I was quite young, my father lost a great 
number of his Longhorn cows, and we had to procure the best 
cattle we could to make up the dairy. I soon found it took 
considerably more milk to make the cheese the same size as 
when I had the old-fashioned Longhorns. It would not do for 
me to take any butter from the milk of the new cows, as their 
milk was not so rich. Our neighbour, who has had great 
experience, says, he is sure three Longhorns will live on the 
same food as two Shorthorns." Mr. George Edmonson, who 
, farmed at Broomfield, near Milnthorpe, Westmoreland, writes i 
I "My Shorthorns were subject to a disease called 'joint-evil ' or 
'joint-foul,' or, as some call it, ' cripple-felon,' but my Long- 
horns were perfectly free from this disease, although they went 
on the same land. I have had Shorthorns which completely 
lost the use of their legs, and sometimes I had to kill them. 
That is the reason I tried Longhorns, and found them suit my 
land much better than other breeds." Mr. Edmonson farmed 
amongst Westmoreland peat and boulder stones. 
" Dear Sir, " Lee Lane, Admaston, Eugeley. 
" Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to comply with your 
I request to give you my impartial opinion of the Longhorn beasts. The farm 
I have just left under Lord Bagot hag been in the family about 280 years. 
YOL. XII. — S. S. 2 K 
