THE GLAMORGAN BREED 145 



of Dutch cattle was stopped it was crossed by Devon bulls 

 and transformed into a red herd with white belts. This cross, 

 while increasing the tendency to beef-production, reduced 

 the milking qualities of the cows. By the use of a black and 

 white sheeted bull from Lord Penrhyn, the original white belt 

 with black is now being restored ; but the herd, more Welsh 

 than Dutch, will be a general-purpose rather than a milking 

 breed. 



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The ancient white breed of the Principality has been 

 rehabilitated by selecting and mating together those 

 specimens of the South Wales breed which have "thrown 

 back " in the matter of colour to their forest ancestors. In 

 every other respect they are distinctly Pembroke cattle. 

 Their colour is chiefly white, but there are frequently black 

 spots over the body. The muzzles, ears, and eyelashes are 

 black, and the feet and fetlocks should also be black. Charles 

 Mathias, of Lamphey Court, to whom the Welsh originals of 

 Plates X. and XLIII. belong, has raised this off-shoot of the 

 South Wales breed to a position of importance. 



The difficulty of procuring at all times stud bulls good 

 enough to keep up the standard of a small number of cattle 

 is got over by the use of a choice black bull when a white 

 is not available. A large proportion of his progeny take after 

 the mothers in being white with black points, and those that 

 are born black are transferred to the black cattle herd. 



R. H. Harvey (1874) says: "The late Lord Dynevor had 

 some very fine specimens of the white breed near Llandeilo, 

 and 1 have often admired the five-year-old oxen as I have 

 passed the park." For Professor David Low's beautifully 

 illustrated book on The Domesticated Animals of the British 

 Isles, published in 1842, was selected a Pembrokeshire "cow 

 eight years old," from Haverfordwest, to represent the type 

 of the Wild Forest breed. The painting of the animal is 

 among the collection of original oil paintings which were 

 used by him to illustrate the book, and which now adorn 

 the walls of the Agriculture Department of Edinburgh 

 University. 



The Glamorgan breed is interesting historically as the 

 connecting link between the Black Welsh cattle and the 



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