CATTLE. 



29 



give milk, my cow Belle of Airlie (1,959), dam of Belus (749), as pure a Polled animal as 

 any in the herd book, used to be milked all the year round. Last year, when I was from 

 home, they left off milking her about a month before she calved, and she died of milk fever, 

 induced, as I believe, by the circumstance that she had not been relieved of her super 

 abundant milk. The cow Miss M Pherson (1,252) of the Erica tribe, which I purchased 

 recently of Mr. Adamson, is now giving six Scotch pints a day, more than nine and a half 

 months after calving. The dairy cows referred to were selected by me with a view to their 

 milking qualities; and whenever I found the produce turn out bad milkers, I drafted and fed 

 them for the butcher, except in a few instances, when, from their shapes and blood, I thought 

 them likely to produce a valuable tribe of cattle.&quot; 



The Suffolk breed, known also as the Suffolk Dun and Norfolk, are descended from the 

 Galloways, but differ from them very materially. They were formerly celebrated for their 

 large production of milk, and at present combine the two qualities of milk and beef 

 production, although in the latter respect they are regarded as not quite equal to the other 

 polled or hornless breeds. 



Weight 1,600 Ibs. 



JAMESTOWN BULL &quot;ST. PATRICK.&quot; 



Owned by A. W. Cheever, &quot;Pine Hedge &quot; Farm, Sheldonville, Mass. 



The dun color was the prevailing one with this breed a half -century or more ago, but is 

 now rarely seen, being rejected as an almost sure indication of inferior qualities. They are 

 mostly now of a reddish brown, or deep red, and are less heavy in the neck and shoulders 

 than the Galloways. They are very hardy, docile, and good feeders. 



Mr. A. W. Cheever, editor of the &quot; New England Farmer,&quot; and breeder of a family of 

 polled cattle known as the &quot; Jamestowns,&quot; of which we give an illustration, says of them : 



&quot;These polled cattle bear the local name of Jamestowns,&quot; and are so highly esteemed 

 in the vicinity, that the Norfolk Agricultural Society has authorized committees to award 



