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some few have now turned their attention this way, 
and the experiments are injudicious hands, such as will 
spare neither expense nor care in perfecting them.” 
At Croome, Lord Coventry has cultivated two breeds 
of cattle: the Holderness, as above-named ; and the 
Alderney ; the Holderness are very large heavy cattle, 
the Alderney small and light boned: at a sale of some 
of these cattle, which were to be spared, by auction, 
October 8 , 1805 , the Alderney sold much the dearest 
in proportion to their weight; a small Alderney cow 
in calf sold for 20l.; an Holderness of about three times 
the weight with a calf, sold for 27b 
Mr. Darke says, “ A part of our pastures is used in 
dairies; some of these are employed in making butter 
for the Birmingham market, and a skim cheese, they 
eall two meals or seconds; these sell for 8s. per cwt. 
less than one meal, or best making; the dairies that 
make best cheese depend entirely upon it and make no 
butter ; where they make the skim cheese, the land is 
deemed too rich lor one meal, as it causes it to heave, 
which gives it a strong rank flavour.” 
Some of the finest pastures at Mitton and Bredon, 
are employed in feeding oxen of the best Herefordshire 
breed, and some of the Devonshire sort for the London 
market.—See feeding, Chap. VIII. and in this Chap, 
article Feeding. 
sect. II.—SHEEP. 
The sheep of this county, like the cattle, are of no 
particular breed, except the common or waste land 
sheep; fchese, both upon Malvern, the Lickey, and the 
other 
