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this country, may be considered as either short-horned or long-horned. Of the former the improved Durham breed is perhaps the most
valuable for the dairy, as well as for a tendency
to fatten rapidly, and at an early age. Of the
latter, the new Leicester, as improved by Bakewell, was considered inferior to none in smallness
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of bone, and aptitude to fatten. The flesh was fine-grained, and the fat well intermixed in the muscle. The cows, however, gave but little milk ; and the breed has now lost much of its former reputation. ‘The North Devon breed is intermediate in the length of the horns. In beauty and activity it is superior to any other, and is a per-
