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slioit-horns, then tlicy are valuable indeed. We believe that 
in this instance purchases not only satisfy this tost, but that a 
large profit is secured to those who invest their money in the 
best animals. 
As a o-eneral rule farmers are not careful in selecting the 
males. A few pounds more will often deter them from buying, 
although, when they are spirited enough to do so, they find they 
derive the most profit. The breeders of these " fashionable " 
animals justly merit the renown they have acquired; it was not 
without much care and expense that such perfection has been 
obtained. When one is calved of the right colour, free from 
blemish, and of good pedigree, on such an animal no expense is 
spared in the rearing. It is fed on new milk twice or thrice a 
day, and in ample quantity ; cream is even said to be sometimes 
added ; a lump of chalk is left in the crib to prevent acidity ; 
plenty of the best hay, ground oats, beans or malt and linseed- 
cake are given as soon as possible, so as to ensure rapid growth, 
and the development of those " points " of excellence which alone 
bring success to the careful breeder. An income of from 2000/. 
to 3000/. a year is said to be the sum obtained for " lettings " 
which a leading breeder obtains ; nor is this undeserved : it is 
the result of nearly a century of judicious crossing and careful 
selection — evidence at once of the room there was for improve- 
ment, and of the willingness and discernment with which the 
public recognizes and rewards perseverance and energy. 
The greatest advance of the last few years is to be found not 
so much in the fashionable blood itself as in the general diffusion 
of the breed, extending even to the animal that grazes the lanes 
as well as the richer pasture of the farmer. In the mode of 
feeding for the butcher, or the breeding and rearing of cattle, we 
have little new to add to a former record (^Journal, vol. xix., 
p. 500). Early in last year we paid a visit to Mr. Horsfall's 
farm at Burley, near Otley, and carefully investigated the practice 
carried on there in the feeding and fattening of cattle, which has 
already been fully described in this Journal ; we have since 
adopted, with such modifications as were suited to our farm, his 
valuable suggestions. The failui'e of the swede turnip, to the 
extent of half an average crop, and the high price of cattle food, 
have obliged us this winter to provide a substitute ; we therefore 
commenced steaming, making use of malt-combs, inferior hay, 
green rape-cakes, pulped turnips, a little salt, and lastly straw cut 
with Corne's chaff-cutter. The quantity consumed in one week 
has been carefully weighed ; and as it fully met the requirements 
of our animals, a statement may enable our readers to form their 
opinion of its value, according to their own peculiar circumstances. 
