. All about country life : being a dictionary of rural avocations, and of knowledge necessary to the management of the farm, the stable, the stockyard, and a gentleman's out of town residence and property. Agriculture; Country life. ABOUl' COUXTRY JJFE. 189 Hepialus Hurauli. HI2PIALUS HUIITJLI. The olLtr or _!;lu)-,t-motli; one of the of tlio hop plant. HEPTHEE. A name for the wild dog-rose. HEBBALIST. ^One skilled in herbs. HEUBAEITJSI. A ho! tu>-siccu>, or '. A col- lection of dricil plants. HEUBS. Plants wTth soft stalks divesloil of woody i'lbre. HERD GRASS (Ag
. All about country life : being a dictionary of rural avocations, and of knowledge necessary to the management of the farm, the stable, the stockyard, and a gentleman's out of town residence and property. Agriculture; Country life. ABOUl' COUXTRY JJFE. 189 Hepialus Hurauli. HI2PIALUS HUIITJLI. The olLtr or _!;lu)-,t-motli; one of the of tlio hop plant. HEPTHEE. A name for the wild dog-rose. HEBBALIST. ^One skilled in herbs. HEUBAEITJSI. A ho! tu>-siccu>, or '. A col- lection of dricil plants. HEUBS. Plants wTth soft stalks divesloil of woody i'lbre. HERD GRASS (Agrostis coi-nuco- piee, ox- Dispar). A native of the United Stales, at one time recommended for this country. This grass is, however, adapted for a warmer climate, and the British grower has only found it serviceable on barren sands. HERDWICKS, The name of a valuable breed of mountain sheep in Cumberland. HEREEOBD CATTLE. One of the principal English breeds, the general characteristics of which, at the {.resent day, are a red colour with a white face, and frequently with white along the back and underneath the body. Other varieties present a mottled face and a grey or roan body, is deemed, on good authority, to be the primary type of the original race. Some breeders have propagated up to recent times this variety, and produced some splendid animals, one having been sold by Mr. Clarke, of Lyde, for £20'^, while a bull and cow were bought by Earl Talbot, in 1819, at the sale at Pyon, for nearly ^1000. The truest standard of form is still considered by many to be formed by the mottle-faced breed, although, in other respects, the white-faced is undoubtedly superior. The white-faced Hereford has always been a great favourite \rith the gi'azier. The herd resembles the Devon in fonn, Himalaya Rabbit. but the muzzle is not ijiiitc so tine, and there is more throat-coarseness. 'I he hair is wa^y, soft, and moderately long, in quality only surpassed by the f iigli- land Scot. As
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