BRITTANY CATTLE. 



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tion, Jersey cattle are greatly to be preferred, but the Brittanies, on scant feed and rough 

 mountain lands, will prove superior to the Jerseys." 



DESCRIPTION AND CHARACTERISTICS. 



Color clear black and white almost exactly similar to that of the 

 Holstein-Friesian the white showing a tendency to appear over shoul- 

 ders and hips, and along the belly line ; the membrane surrounding the 

 tongue is always white a mark which may be called a distinguishing 

 characteristic of the breed. 



In size they are classed as small about equal to the Jersey mature 

 bulls weighing from 1,000 to 1,300 Ibs., cows from 650 to 950 Ibs. The 

 head and neck are fine, even delicate, with little or no dewlap. The 

 horns small, always black at the tips, and sometimes black throughout, 

 rather longer than Jersey horns, and approaching more nearly those of 

 the Devon in curvature ; the back is even, chest large, and haunch and 

 buttock bones wide apart. The legs are well proportioned to size of 

 body, hair fine and short, and skin mellow and of medium thickness. 



The Brittany cows are strictly dairy animals, giving a good quantity 

 of rich milk, and are claimed to give a greater yield on scant grazing 

 than cows of any other breed. Much allowance must be made for ex- 

 travagant claims of partisan breeders, yet we believe the Britanny breed 

 will find, in our districts of less fertility, ample favor with there best 

 qualified to judge. 



Our illustrations were re-engraved, by permission, from lithographs 

 used by the Department of State in the recently issued volume of Con- 

 sular Reports on Cattle and Dairy Farming and were originally from 

 photographs taken in France. 



BRITTANY COW. 



