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properly understands animal economy, and is an 
adept in his business, can either breed the single 
quality of fattening or milking in his herd, or a 
combination of the two, just as he pleases. The 
one, so far from being incompatible with the other, 
may be easily united with it, and often is so united, 
as can be shown both in the United States and Great 
Britain. But we will quote an excellent authority 
on this subject. 
“ Experience has also proved another thing—that 
the good grazing points of a cow, and even her 
being in fair store condition, do not necessarily inter¬ 
fere with her milking qualities. They prove that 
she has the disposition to fatten about her, but 
which will not be called into injurious exercise 
until, in the natural process of time, or designedly 
by us, she is dried. She will yield nearly as much 
milk as her unthrifty neighbor, and milk of a supe¬ 
rior quality, and at four, five, or six years old, 
might be pitted against any Kyloe, while we have 
the pledge that it will. cost as little to prepare her 
for the butcher , when we have done with her, as a 
milker. It is on this principle that many of the 
London dairymen now act, when they change their 
cows so frequently as they do.”— History of British 
Cattle , page 246. 
Mr. C. “ A large proportion of the Short-Horns 
stand too high, and have too long legs. The Here- 
fords are not exempt from this fault, but have less 
of it; but they lack substance and breadth behind.” 
This is a new discovery to us. We never ob¬ 
served that Short-Horns and Herefords had long 
legs. We should like to take the tape-line in 
hand, and go on a measuring expedition with Mr. 
Coleman—Short-Horns and Herefords vs. any other 
breed he might please to name. The rule of our 
decision should be, the length of the leg in propor¬ 
tion to the size of the animal under consideration. 
We will engage to beat him out and out, at least 
on this side of the water. 
Although Mr. Coleman may deny that such were 
his intentions, still the gist of his remarks goes to 
prove that Short-Horns are an unprofitable dairy 
stock. If not, why does he make the following 
and other remaiks, on the large quantities of milk 
it can be proved that they have given ? 
Mr. C. “ At a large milk establishment in Edin¬ 
burgh, kept by a woman, she told me that she had 
owned a Teeswater or Yorkshire cow, which had 
given twenty-two Scotch pints, or forty-four quarts, 
of milk, per day. I was assured of this woman’s 
credibility; but then, with a perfect respect for the 
conscientiousness and good intentions of the sex, I 
habitually distrust their arithmetical accuracy, 
whether in regard to their own age, if they are far 
on the journey of life, or to other matters. It is 
not in their way to remember numbers exactly. 
The great astronomer, Mrs. Somerville, is a rare 
and magnificent exception.” 
Now why should not this good woman be 
believed, especially after being “ assured of her 
credibility ?” Pray, sir, is it a thing more extraor¬ 
dinary that this cow should give forty-four quarts 
of milk per day, than that another should cut 12 
inches of perpendicular fat on the rump, 10 inches 
on the loin and crosp, and 9 inches on the shoulder; 
or that single oxen should weigh from 3,000 up 
to 4,000 lbs. ? 
When in England, we were informed that it 
was on record in one of the parish registers of York¬ 
shire, we believe, that a cow of last century gave 
fifty-one quarts at three milkings in one day ; and 
added our relater, a highly intelligent and respecta¬ 
ble man, “ this is as well an attested fact as any 
other in history.” Several Short-Horn cows in the 
United States have produced from 28 to 38 quarts of 
milk per day; and one instance of 38£ quarts per 
day was sworn to before a court of justice by at 
least six respectable witnesses. We saw a grade 
cow at the West, whose owner informed us, gave 
41 quarts per day. Perhaps, with Mr. Coleman, 
we ought to distrust his “ arithmetical accuracy.” 
Mr. Coleman is himself a witness of Short-Horn 
cows having produced the largest quantity of milk 
per day of any others on record. Mr. Bailey gives, 
in the History of British Cattle, an account of a 
Short-Horn cow yielding 3 oz. 6 dwts. of butter 
from one quart of milk. Mr. Coleman asserts, that 
the Alderney cows “ surpass all other breeds for the 
extraordinarily rich and creamy qualit) r of their 
milk.” We shall be greatly obliged to him if he 
will hereafter show us anything superior to the 
milk of the Short-Horn cow above, either in an 
Alderney, or, indeed, in any other breed. He has 
certainly thus far failed to do so in his report. 
Mr. Coleman makes some assertions in regard to 
the South Devons and other stock, which we 
know, from our own observation, to be incor¬ 
rect ; but the length of this article warns us to stop, 
and we will not undertake to point them out at 
present. Several of the subjects in this report, par¬ 
ticularly that on South Down sheep, are uncommon¬ 
ly well treated. We think, however, that some no¬ 
tice was due to the flock of the Duke of Rich¬ 
mond, also to that of Messrs Grantham, Ellman, and 
a few others, which, in our judgment, are scarcely 
inferior to Mr. Webb’s. 
We perform an ungracious task in writing this 
article, and one which we would gladly have 
avoided; but as important interests are at stake, 
situated as we are, we feel bound in duty and in 
honor to do it. We could say no less than we have, 
though the author of the report in question were 
our own brother. We have endeavored to treat. Mr. 
Coleman throughout with all courtesy and fair¬ 
ness; and the more especially as he is still abroad, 
and it may be some time before he can see this ar¬ 
ticle and reply to it. He asserts that “ his opinion 
is given without any pecuniary bias ;” we can add 
the same of ours ; for it is several years since we 
ceased to have any pecuniary interest in Short- 
Horns, or, indeed, in cattle of any kind whatever. 
Value of Bone Dust for Buckwheat. —A cor¬ 
respondent says that he sowed about 40 bushels of 
bone dust on five acres of buckwheat, and reaped 
from them 70 bushels, while the balance of the 
same field was not worth harvesting. 
To prevent Froth rising when Churning.— 
A lady says she had well nigh given up making 
butter this winter; for, as soon as she commenced 
churning, the froth would rise. She tried every 
preventive that was suggested to her without effect, 
until she was advised to try salaeratus, wnich she 
did, and that proved effectual. 
