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Rural School Leaflet 



The Shorthorn. — The colors found among Shorthorn cattle are red 

 and white in great diversity of proportions. We have wholly red animals 

 and wholly white animals. Then there is found in large numbers the 



roan, a mixture of the 

 red and white with the 

 colors grading impercep- 

 tibly into each other 

 through a mixture of the 

 red and white hairs. In 

 some cases, the colors 

 are distinct and the out- 

 lines of the patches of 

 red are clearly defined. 

 The picture shown on 

 page 7 1 , in the lesson on 

 " The Beef Type and 

 the Dairy Type," is that 



A Hereford cow 



of a roan Shorthorn cow with some parts of the body graded into clear 

 white and other parts a clear red. 



The Hereford. — The characteristic color marking of the Hereford cow 

 is her white face, white line on the back, white underline, white markings 

 on the legs, and white switch. There is no definite extent prescribed for 

 these colors, but the face is always clear white and the outlines of the 

 other white markings are distinct. The body is a solid dark red. The 

 Hereford heifer shown in 

 the above illustration well 

 represents this breed. 



The Aberdeen- Angus . — 

 The Aberdeen-Angus cow is 

 solid black, and is distin- 

 guished from the Galloway 

 by having shorter and 

 straight hair. The Angus 

 cow is polled; that is, from 

 birth she has no horns. 



The Galloway. — The Gal- 

 loway cow is also solid black, 

 with the best coat of hair of 

 any of the breeds of cattle. 

 The hair is rather long and 



wavy. The hide of the Galloway is especially prized for robes and fur 

 coats. This is a polled breed, also. 



An Angus cow 



