EARLY HISTORY AND TYPICAL BREEDS OF CATTLE. 



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gi'eat resenibhince in many points, notwithstanding the difference of color, 

 while they bear no likeness at all to the cattle of the neighboring coun- 

 try." 



LONGHOKN BULL. 



HEAD OF 1.0N<iH()UN COW. 



The horns of this breed of cattle grow in siu h u ii.jinner as to be very distinctive. 

 They curve forward, and hang down toward the muzzle, somelinies curving inward 

 until they touch the cheek. The colors of the animal are generally dark red, brindled, 

 and pied, with white along tlie backs. The females are very broad in the hips and are 

 good milkers. One hundred years qgo these cattle were more highly esteenutl in En- 

 gland than a.iy other breeds, becnuse they were suiiposed to be the most desirable for 

 diiry purposes; but they h:ive been superseded by the shorthorns, although many of 

 the latter have a strain of their more ancient predecessors. 



For these reasons Mr. Youatt considers the Middle-Horns to be the 

 native breed of Great Britain. 



