BREEDS OF CYTTLE 



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revered Mr Joha 

 , by his description, 

 far beef than for die padL 

 refer to this otter in detail later in this 



d of 



the case with the 

 of this vital point that I have 



Shorthorn we begin with the 

 to breed and character the 

 type of head the face shortish, broad 

 generally a little hollow in the 

 decidedly so between the eyes, finely 

 in wood or stone, down the face 

 ie; the nostrils large and open. Cheeks not 

 r eyes bright but placid, horns wide set, and some- 

 the loots, growing outward at first, and as the animal 

 -fiing gentle curves which shoulci not be 

 . The horns and the muzzle should be 

 and dear, the muzzle a palish buff without 

 in of Hack..." 



thing about the Shorthorn breed is the eager, 

 arsal demand that has continued for over half 



a century for sires of this variety as improvers of herds icanted 

 for beef-prrjductifm. This is all the more astonishing when one 

 reflects that the breed was created to be of dual-purpose capacity, 

 thai it capable of producing meat and milk for its owner at 

 the present day (provided that care has been taken to select 



Management, by William Housman, 1900, Live 

 Stocfc TfidUm*i, 3fo, 4, Vinton and Co. 



9 It iatgiiiW e that neither of the above quoted authorities refers 

 pccaly to the jaw. That shoctld be deep from eye to " angle of the jaw," 

 AMid be dearfy defined (i*- not lost in loose folds of skin) and be well 

 timed and croned with 6rro muscles that should stand out well. Many 

 tins point as ry important; and, considering the 

 bas upon the food, they may be right. 



