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merclal eye is now being turned in that direction, the question need 
no longer be asked, Does a dairy pay? but rather, "What is a 
dairy cow ? " 
Cattle of the puke Long-horned Breed. — This truly 
local class of animals was well represented at Warwick, espe- 
cially in the class for " pairs of cows." Here we had some 
milking cows ; large and substantial animals, with every indica- 
tion of being good at the pail. Cauley, in Warwickshire, has long 
been notorious for this celebrated class of cattle ; still their centre 
seems to have been about the point where the counties of 
Warwick, Derby, Stafford, and Leicester approach each other. 
History points to Lancashire as having given the late Mr. Robert 
Bakewell a start in the production of his herd of long-horns ; but 
it is well known that his best-bred animals came from the herd 
of Mr. Webster, of Cauley, in Warwickshire. His first cows, it 
is believed, were artfully obtained from Mr. Webster, of Cauley ; 
and his famous bull " Twopenny " was bred from one of these 
cows. From these beginnings, with great judgment and atten- 
tion, in a short time he reared some beautiful cattle : they were 
long and fine in the horn, had small heads, clean throats, straight 
backs, wide quarters, but were light in their carcase and offals, 
gentle and quiet in their tempers, grew fat with a small propor- 
tion of food ; but these fattening animals gave less milk than 
some other breeds. It is to be regretted that we have no 
authentic record of his progress with these animals. No man 
perhaps ever made more comparisons between the different breeds 
of cattle than Bakewell, and no one that was able to tell us so 
much has told us so little about them. The late Mr. Lee, who 
was so successful a long-horned breeder, also resided at Cauley, 
where many breeders from different parts came to purchase bulls. 
Many of these went to Ireland. The neighbourhood of Norman- 
ton, Hinckley, Atherstone, Dishley, &c., in Leicestershire, were 
famous for these animals. Large and splendid dairies of them 
were to be seen in succession ; but, alas ! with the decease of the 
late Mr. Bakewell and other important supporters of the breed, 
they appear to have degenerated both in numbers and compara- 
tive standing. As competitors in our show-yards they number 
but few, yet it has been our province to have occasionally noticed 
some really good animals. As regards their uses they are classed 
as the most useful for dairy purposes, giving a great deal of 
milk of very good quality. Their frames have degenerated of 
late ; they are now firm in flesh, with great hides upon them, 
which makes them more selling than formerly, hides being now 
%\d. per lb. As fat animals, they are rather light in their fore- 
quarters, but good-constitutioned beasts, and endure hardships 
better than the short-horn, Hereford, or Devon. They carry but 
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