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AMERICAN CATTLE. 



"We give an accurate portrait of the bull, as taken by our artist 

 in the month of February, of this year. 



Plate 25. Holstein Bull. 



The colors of this bull, like all his race, are jet black and 

 clear white. 



The four imported cows, each seven years old, have an average 

 weight of 1325 pounds. The weight of a past two years old 

 heifer is 1240 pounds. A past yearling heifer weighed 960 

 pounds; and the weight of six calves, at an average of eight 

 months, reared in the usual way, without forcing, was an aver- 

 age of 576 pounds each. 



The milking qualities of the breed may be judged by the fol- 

 lowing memoranda : One of the imported cows, when six years 

 old, dropped a calf on the 15th of May, weighing 101 pounds; 

 and from the 26th of May, to the 27th of July, by a careful and 



