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CHAPTER XIV. 
LIVE STOCK 
SECT. I.—CATTLE. 
This county has no particular breed of cattle, and 
Dr. Nash observes, that the land is too good for breed¬ 
ing, as it certainly is, unless for the breeding of prime 
stock ; the cattle when wanted, are therefore bought 
in, and the sorts most esteemed are the Hereford and 
long horn, which latter are procured at the fairs of 
Staffordshire and Shropshire. 
Observation.— Worcestershire, on its fine land, has 
little occasion for breeding cattle, surrounded as it is 
by- breeding countries ; Herefordshire and Shropshire 
on its borders, and South Wales at hand, all produce 
plenty of capital stock to spare, and the produce of 
Staffordshire and Yorkshire are brought in by jobbers. 
Mr. Pomeroy says, “ The bullocks, on the western 
side, are chiefly of the Herefordshire breed; Stafford¬ 
shire furnishes some, and indeed, all the adjoining 
counties. The Earl of Coventry has introduced the 
Holderness breed, with great success; his lordship’s 
tenant, at Mitton, has some Devonshire, but they are 
not of the true breed of that county he further says, 
“ those that have been bred in the county, are a mixed 
breed, without any particular improvement in view ; 
some 
