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CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOB. 



X. Angus Cows as Milkers. 

 The quantity of milk yielded by the dairy cows is various. lu the 

 hilly districts from two to three gallons are given per day, but that is 

 very rich. In the lowlands th(; cows will give five gallons during the best 

 of the season. The cows of this district were formerly regarded as some 

 of the best dairy-cows in Scotland, but since the breed has been more im- 

 proved, and greater attention paid to the fattening qualities, they have 

 fallen off in their character for the pail. 



ENGLISH GROUP OF RED POLLED CATTLE. 



These cattle beloug principally to the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, in England. 

 They are a very old race, and though quite small (seldom weighing over 720 pounds), 

 the superior quality of their flesh, and their fattening freely at an early age, do away 

 with all objections to their size. 



XI. The Angus Compared with the Galloway. 



Thus while Angus cattle have great value in their native climate, they 



would seem to possess no value in this country over the Galloway. When 



removed to a warmer latitude, in England, they degenerate, and the 



probability is, that in this country they will not prove so good as the 



Galloways, though it is probable that they will find admirers on account 



of the greater excellence of their flesh. 



