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cult to find such an one? No ! We once more repeat, that every 
thing short of this will be completely delusive; and for the pre¬ 
sent we leave the matter in the hands of those whom it most con¬ 
cerns—the profession. Y. 
The Short H ORNED Cattle in France. 
Avery laudable, and we trust successful attempt has been 
lately made to introduce a foreign race of cattle, chiefly calculated 
for the greatest possible production of flesh. M. Yvart has 
especially distinguished himself in the attempted accomplishment 
of this object. He has brought from England to Alfort a herd of 
short-horned cows. The object of the Administration whose di¬ 
rections he obeyed, is to enable our countrymen to study and to 
propagate that race of cattle which the English agriculturist 
most valued for its fattening properties. 
This attempt was the more opportune, inasmuch as the con¬ 
sumption of animal flesh is augmenting, and will more augment, 
in our country, both on account of the increase of our population 
and our wealth, and also the great public works that are in exe- 
cation, and in which thousands of individuals will be employed, 
and each one requiring an increased quantity of nutriment, pro- 
tionate to the expenditure of animal power. 
The English short-horned cows may now be seen in the pas¬ 
tures of Alfort, side by side with the long-woolled sheep of Eng¬ 
land, and by one of those striking {piquants) contrasts that are 
occasionally observed, in what a variety of forms and channels the 
increasing capital of a rich agricultural kingdom may be divided, 
incorporated, and circulated. 
Annales de VAgriculture Fran^aise, Juin 1838. 
Dog-Fair at Bourbon-Vendee. 
That district of France in which the greatest number of sport¬ 
ing men and sporting exhibitions is to be found is certainly La 
Vendee. It is to this district of the kingdom that the lovers of 
field-sports in every other department go to obtain the best ani- 
