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492 WEAR CATTLE,

a prickly head stall, to prevent their sucking the COWS: it is a silly and useless practice, pl aguing and

both animals, to no manner of purpose. There is generally an objection to bring up white calves, or those with white noses, on oe score of their tenderness.

The grand divisions of Neat Cattle, in our island, are into LONG-HORNED, SHORT-HORNED, and POLL- ED or HORNLESS; these characters indicate specific, or peculiar qualities. The long-horned have the thickest hides, afford the richest milk, but least in quantity, and perhaps are fattened soonest, and with least meat. Phe short horned: afford the largest

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The polled or Lina Poland, seem to partake of ene qualities mae both the former species, inclin- ing most towards the latter. The intermixtures

and varieties are endless. I have seen excellent ich the owner called broad-horned, uce of the long-horned, or Lanca- shire bull, ie Yor ee short-horned cow; they

dairy-cows, wh G

partook of the good qualities of either species, giv-

ig considerable quantit ies both of milk and butter, a afterwards grazing well, and to great size. HoME-BREDS, pale mean a random-mixture of all sorts, in a district where breeding for sale is not much porees 3 and amongst such are often found thrifty rand useful animals.

TG speak of milch-cattle, Lancashire is the ori- ginal county of the famous Jong-horned breed, whence the Craven and Cantey stock, the most celebrated of any on the island, as dairy-cows. Yorkshire is equally famous for the HoLpeRNEss,

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