XVII. THE OX AND THE BISON 



Fig. 130. — A Durham Bull. 



The oxen are typical herbivora. They are heavy and 

 slow of motion. Their horns are short except in the 

 peculiar Texan 

 longhorns and 

 a few others. 

 They include 

 the animals 

 really the most 

 valuable to 

 man ; beef, of 

 all foods, being 

 the most uni- 

 versal among civilized nations. In America stock raising 

 and the various industries connected with it constitute a 



trade the mag- 

 nitude of which 

 has not been 

 fully estimated. 

 Domestic 

 cattle have 

 been bred so 

 thoroughly 

 that they pre- 

 sent many va- 

 rieties, as the shorthorn or Durham (Fig. 130), the Jersey, 

 so famous for its milk (Fig. 131), and the Ayrshire 



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Fig. 131. — A Jersfiy Cow. 



