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Result of Breed in Swine—December Notes from Buffalo to New York. 
But this is but part of the account. While 
other good pork was selling freely in the 
market for 2 and cents per pound, he was 
repeatedly urged to take 4 cents for these 
pigs, but says he can do much better with 
them by packing. He fatted some nearly as 
good last season, and what was not required 
for his family use, he readily retailed at 
8 cents, on account of its superior quality 
and flavor, while other good pork was selling 
at 5 cents. More clear, beautiful pork we 
never saw, and the only objection we could 
conceive to it, was the almost total absence 
of lean. Such pork is worth nearly the p:rice 
of butter for food, and it might be tried into 
lard, with but little waste. The pigs were 
half or three-fourths Berkshire, and the re 
mainder Leicestershire. 
DECEMBER NOTES FROM BUFFALO TO 
NEW YORK. 
As to the forms of Mr. Prentice’s cows, 
we neglected to make any notes at the time, 
but the general impression left upon our 
minds is, that they are good. But here we 
prefer, when we have engravings, to let the 
animals speak for themselves, and therefore 
introduce Moss Rose, imported from Eng¬ 
land, October 1841, as a fair specimen of 
the sisterhood 
Short-horn Cow Moss Rose, Imported.—(Fig. 37.) 
The property of E. P. Prentice , Esq., Mount Hope , JV*. Y. 
In the milking qualities of this fine herd, 
we took care to be more particular, and here 
several of them are great; Mr. Prentice hav¬ 
ing determined from the commencement of 
his breeding, to make deep milkers an essen¬ 
tial point in his stock, and he was at the 
pains when lately in England, to select these 
himself for importation. 
However much breeders may differ in re¬ 
gard to the points in an animal which denote 
great milking qualities, so far as our know¬ 
ledge extends, this one thing seems to be 
settled, viz: they must have large udder veins. 
In handling these, in some of the cows we 
found them more than half as large as our 
wrist, and they also gave other indications of 
possessing the power of concocting large quan¬ 
tities of milk from their food. When in good 
grass pasture, Appolonia has given 26 to 30 
quarts per day; Splendor, 2 quarts less; 
Susan, 28 to 31 quarts; and several other 
cows of this stock are nearly as good milk¬ 
ers ; but as Mr. Prentice has not had it ac¬ 
curately measured, he does not wish to state 
an opinion as to the quantity, it is however, 
his intention to have them all measured dur¬ 
ing a definite time next summer, and ascer¬ 
tain also the quantity of butter made from it, 
