. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. WELSH CATTLE. 41 which the Augleseas have been devoted; and it is not surprising' that as milkers they are inferior. But as g^-azing stock they are, and long have been, justly celebrated. Their flesh is of excellent quality, and they are sent long distances to be fattened. It is perhaps less likely that the Angle- seas may become extinct, than other Welsh cattle ; their native habitat, and the primitive habits of the people, will tend to preserve them a long time in all their pristine
. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. WELSH CATTLE. 41 which the Augleseas have been devoted; and it is not surprising' that as milkers they are inferior. But as g^-azing stock they are, and long have been, justly celebrated. Their flesh is of excellent quality, and they are sent long distances to be fattened. It is perhaps less likely that the Angle- seas may become extinct, than other Welsh cattle ; their native habitat, and the primitive habits of the people, will tend to preserve them a long time in all their pristine purity. Still, the only, or at all events the chief, property that will pre- serve any of the British breeds of cattle intact in the present day is that of milk. Beef alone is not enough, nor is milk, perhaps; but the two combined are indispensable to a thoroughly pro- fitable breed of dairy-cattle; and if any breed proves itself incapable of being trained and bred into giving a good paying quantity of milk, it must lose its hold on the suffrage of the people. In an economic age like this, antiquity of breed alone is not enough to preserve a race of cattle from extinction—utility is the one thing needful. It is, however, a pity that any of these time- honoured breeds should die out; they should rather be improved in those qualities in which they are deficient, so that they may hold their own against those breeds which will otherwise take possession of the entire country. There is no need whatever for the old breeds of any district or country to die out, unless they are hopelessly beyond the reach of improvement in a suSiciently reasonable time; and this is cer- tainly not the case with any of the British breeds of cattle. The laws which govern animal repro- duction are now well understood, and the principles of breeding are equally well established. It is a well-ascertained fact that to intelligent cultivation and treatment all our breeds of cattle respond in a manner which
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