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CHAPTER XIY.
On Live-Stock.
In the Fourteenth Chapter of this work, the several species ofthe agricultural live stock of Scotland , and the varieties of each,have been treated of at some length, but with only a general re-ference to the districts which they occupy. In this article, it isproposed to mention the live stock of each county; and, whenthat can be done, to notice their numbers and value. It willhere be proper to attend to those kinds of animals, which, owingto their value being comparatively inconsiderable, or their im-portance to the husbandman being merely local, it was thoughtunnecessary to describe, in the Chapter itself. Rabbits, Poultry,Bees, &c. shall therefore be noticed among the live stock of theseveral counties, and more particularly of those in which theyhave been found the most valuable. The arrangement of thecounties that has been adopted in the First Chapter and its Ap-pendix , may be followed on the present occasion.
I. The Apabee, or South-eastern District.
1. Roxburghshire.
1. Cattle .-—There is no breed of cattle peculiar to this county.In the more level and richer parts, they approach in size andshape to the improved Short Horns of Northumberland and Ber-wickshire, and weigh, when fattened, usually at four years’ old,from 60 to 80 stones avoirdupois. On the higher grounds, theydo not much exceed half these weights ; so that the averageweight of the fat cattle of the county has been stated at from45 to 50 stones. A great many are brought from the Northerncounties, some of which are fattened, and the remainder sold tograziers from England. The number of all ages and sizes fedannually, is supposed to be upwards of 6000, of which abouttwo-thirds are sold in the markets of Morpeth in Northumber-land , and those in the county of Mid-Lothian.—A very few oxenare still worked, commonly in pairs, without a driver ; but none°f them are employed in distant carriages, and very rarely inoarting even upon the farm. In 1796, when the Report of thecounty was written, about S000 calves were fattened annually ;and the number has probably increased since. Very little cheese>s made, and perhaps no more butter than is required for theoonsumpt of the inhabitants, and for salving the sheep. Thewhole number of cattle in the county is net mentioned in the