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short in his own stock, he will preserve a proper’-

medium form. Should his case require external as- sistance, and a cross, he will obtain hardiness, and aptitude to fatten, from the short and round breeds,

fineness and delicacy of flesh, from the small; and.

an addition of size and weight, from the long and deep. The most common breed, by a strict ad- herence to the proper rules, may be wy improved, fi from its own resources alone, and a va- luable variety, per res obtained.

Noeetlicenain the superior form. of our own stock, in most Se ects, it is not at all improba- ble, but advantages may yet be derived, from oc- casional crosses, or by the introduction of new Species, or even new genera of animals. Some of our cattle running away too much to size, or to Sponginess of bone, and coarseness of flesh, from extreme rankness of pasture, or other causes, may be ameliorated and restored, by imparting to them

pon of that fineness and so hidite of s one, and delicacy of flesh inherent in the southern animal. We want speed in the labouring ox;--Would not that essential be obtained, nd without injury to the beef, by coupling our cows, intended to breed for the collar,. with the American buffalo, which, Tam assured, will walk five miles in an hour? If my information be correct, His Grace the Duke of Norfolk is in possession of one of these animals, and will, no doubt, make this breeding experiment, for the good'of the country. Acc ording. to Dr. ect of cattle, it Is not a vain speculation, that some wool-bearing mals, intirely new to this count

lerson, a sound theorist on the subj

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