That oxen are a ſurer ſtock to the farmer, nobody will deny: they are not only fed at lefs expence thian horſes,

(inſomuch, that ground may be ploughed by o en at half the eXpe

many diſeaſes. Beſides, when a horſe is old and worked

nee it coſts by horſes) but they are not liable to ſo

out, he fetches nothing; whereas, the ox, after ſervin all the uſeful, laborious purpoſes of the farmer for many years, is at laſt turned into the ſtall, being fattene for market, brings the judicious owner a price equal, if not barier to what he could have fccired for him, at a Pees of his life the moſt fit for labour. is Gentleman has at preſent a very beautiful litt

cow Kem a buffaloe and an Alderney. This animal is in ſome meafure kept for her beauty; and, what Tad to it, ſhe is always Plun bHand fat, whether in ſummer or winter, and upon much leſs food, than would be ſufficient to ſup- port a beaſt of the ire 52 of the ordinary breed. I do not find that fhe exceeds in quantity of milk, but the qua- lity is very good; and it is certain that ſhe could be fat- tened at much leſs expence than any roiniry cow of the ſame ſize and weight.

Among the e experiments now going forward in Middle-

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ſex, one of the moſt important undoubtedly is, a croſs that

has been tried between a Spaniſh ram and two Shetland

ewes: four lambs have been already produced from this mixture. The Spaniſh breed, it is well known, is diſtin- guiſhed for the fineneſs of its beee and the Shetland for äi

ſoftneſs and colour. If theſe qualit ere united(whic ſo far as can be judged from the experiment above-men-

tioned, is likely to be the caſe), the article of wool would

be brought to its higheſt ſtate of perfection.

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