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but tend to cement us more closely and lead to our mutual 
advantage and improvement in many things. 
With regard to the French cattle which were sent to the 
show, undoubtedly the best were the Charollais. The cow 
was a perfect specimen of this breed, and far excelled the 
bull which accompanied her in quality and conformation. 
We have heard much of the milking properties of the 
Charollais cattle, and we doubt not, if all be true which is 
said of them, that a cross with our short-horns would prove 
advantageous. This cow, which is the property of the 
Comte de Bouille, not only obtained the first prize of twenty 
sovereigns, but was the winner of the premier prix at th eConcours 
Universel at Paris of the present year. The bull also belonged 
to the Comte, and to him was likewise awarded the first 
prize of thirty sovereigns. The second prize in this class 
was awarded to a Normandy bull, the property of M. 
Cheradame ; the third to a beautiful little animal of the race 
Bretonne , belonging to M. Allier, Director of the Agricultural 
College of France ; the fourth to a Normandy bull belonging 
to M. Eluard ; and the fifth to a bull of the same breed, the 
property of M. Philippe. The second prize in the cow class 
was also given to M. Eluard, for his Normandy cow ; the third 
to M. Allier, for his “ Rosa Bonheur,” of Brittainy ; and the 
fourth to M. Dutrone, for his polled Normandy cow. 
We were particularly struck with the great resemblance 
which the polled Normandy bore to our Suffolk cattle, and re- 
cognised in them a family likeness too strong to be merely the 
result of accident. Either the Suffolks are their progenitors or 
ours have sprung from them, a question which, at this distance 
of time, would take more investigation than we can now give 
to it. In their general conformation they show a greater 
aptitude to accumulate flesh than our Suffolks ; but possess 
an equal constitutional tendency to furnish a large supply of 
milk. The race Bretonne are specimens in miniature of good 
feeding and milking animals — perfect pictures — fit to grace 
the parks and meads of Royalty. Their plump bodies and 
soft elastic skins fully maintained the simile that a good 
ox should handle like “ a wool-pack well filled.” 
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