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and the Prieslanders mentioned among the marsh races. This 

 animal is high on the leg, with horns shaped like those of the 

 Frieslanders, with the inclination to the coarseness of bone of 

 the Bernese. It often attains extraordinary size, is celebrated 

 for its milking capacities and its inclination to fat, but requires 

 pretty good keeping. The color is reddish, with white or black 

 spots, or mottled. Many thousands are exported every year 

 for fattening, especially to the great beet-sugar manufactories 

 around Magdeburg, in Prussia. 



These cattle are found throughout the ancient Franconia, 

 about Niirnberg, and so to the north and east. 



The Vogelsberg race is another found to some extent in this 

 division. It possesses a rather close analogy to the Franconian, 

 but is smaller and not so well made. 



Next comes the Yoigtlander breed, of which there were 

 several fine specimens on exhibition. This animal is reddish 

 brown, of middling size, the head rather short, the muzzle 

 small but rather broad, over which the skin often appears in 

 folds ; the horns large ; the neck has a hanging dewlap ; the 

 chest is broad, and so is the rump ; the body rather long and 

 well arched ; the legs fine, and well set. The animal has a 

 mild, pleasant look. This breed is very well adapted to the 

 yoke and for fattening, but its milking qualities are not very 

 remarkable, though some- speak well of it in this respect. It 

 has gone largely in the cattle trade to England. 



There is a breed known as the Egerlander connected with 

 the Yoigtlander. Its color is chestnut brown, or reddish 

 brown ; rather smaller and lower built, though of a powerful 

 frame. It is also excellent for the yoke and for beef. I think 

 there were no specimens of this breed at the International Show. 



The exhibition of French breeds, though not very numerous, 

 was interesting and attractive. Among them were a few of the 

 little Bretons, of Bretagny cows, that I took occasion to allude 

 to in my last Annual Report, as having been exhibited in 'consid- 

 erable numbers at the show of the Royal Agricultural Society 

 at Battersea Park. 



These cattle are small in size, very small consumers, and 

 many of them very pretty. They are said to sell in their native 

 pastures at from sixty to a hundred francs, or twelve to twenty 

 dollars. They will give, on an average, from four to six quarts 



