The writer on Cattle in the Library of Useful Knowledge well remarks:--"At the outset of his career, the farmer should have a clear and determined conception of the object that he wishes to accomplish. He should consider the nature of his farm; the quality, abundance or deficiency of his pasturage, the character of the soil, the seasons of the year when he will have plenty or deficiency of food, the locality of his farm, the market to which he has access and the produce which can be disposed of with greatest profit, and these things will at once point to him the breed he should be solicitous to obtain. The man of wealth and patriotism may have more extensive views, and nobly look to the general improvement of cattle; but the farmer, with his limited means and with the claims that press upon him, regards his cattle as a valuable portion of his own little property, and on which every thing should appear to be in natural keeping, and be turned to the best advantage. The best beast for him is that which suits his farm the best, and with a view to this, he studies, or ought to study, the points and qualities of his own cattle, and those of others. The dairyman will regard the quantity of milk--the quality--its value for the production of butter and cheese--the time that the cow continues in milk--the character of the breed for quietness, or as being good nurses--the predisposition to garget or other disease, or dropping after calving--the natural tendency to turn every thing to nutriment--the ease with which she is fattened when given up as a milker, and the proportion of food requisite to keep her in full milk or to fatten her when dry. The grazier will consider the kind of beast which his land will bear--the kind of meat most in demand in his neighborhood--the early maturity--the quickness of fattening at any age--the quality of the meat--the parts on which the flesh and fat are principally laid--and more than all the hardihood and the adaptation to the climate and soil.