GALLOWAY CATTLE. 



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ing his polled Galloways pure; they are in <rreat re- 

 quest by the grazier, they are of considerable size, 

 fatten readily, accumulating flesh on the best parts; 

 they are less wild than the horned black cattle, and 

 less quarrelsome, and under certaio circumstances, as 



GALLOWAY COW. 



on ship-board, may be packed somewhat closer than 

 the others. 



" A well-bred Galloway ox is of admirable form ; 

 all is close and compact; the barrel is rounded and 

 ribbed home to the hip-bones; the chest is deep, the 

 shoulders thick and broad; the neck short and thick f 



GALLOWAY HEIFER. 



and boldly erected above; the frontal crest or ridge 

 is elevated and covered with long hair; and the gen- 

 eral form is robust, with great depth of chest and 

 roundness of barrel. 



" Tlie cow is much lighter, but yet presents those 

 points which attract the regard of 

 the grazier. As a milker she is 

 inferior; for though her milk is 

 rich, it is deficient in quantity, and 

 on the average will not amount to 

 more than six or eight quarts per 

 day during the summer months, 

 after which it rapidly diminishes. 

 This inferiority, as it respects milk, 

 is of little importance to the Gal- 

 loway farmer, his chief pursuit be- 

 ing the rearing of grazing stock; 

 consequently, as a rule, he never 

 kills his calves, but looks to profit 

 from them at a future day. These 

 are generally dropped at the lat- 

 t^fyv^ ^^^ P'^'*' °'' ^'Qter, or very early 



i'i^SJ^' in spring, and are permitted access 



.^V'j *° '"'^^ mother at certain times 



I'^fc' daily, as long as she continues in 



milk. For the first five months 

 the dairy-maid and the calf, morn- 

 ing and evening, divide the con- 

 tents of the udder pretty equally between them ; after 

 this period, when the calf begins to graze, its allow- 

 ance is diminished, till, the cow drying, this supply is 

 of course stopped altogether. During the winter the 

 young animal is housed at night, and fed upon hay, 

 turnips, and potatoes, with a liberal hand. 



" Of the calves bred, a few of 

 the most promising females only 

 are reserved as Isreeders, — the 

 other females are rendered sterile. 

 Heifers in this condition fatten 

 with great rapidity, arrive very 

 early at maturity, and their meat 

 is deemed peculiarly delicate." 



The premiums awarded on this 

 class of cattle at the Cobourg Fair 

 -■ '.' was as follows: 



■S- '.- 



-^JC Best 3 years old Bull, Wm. Roddick, 



liajl - Cobourg, jES 



'far " 1 ' ' ^^st 1 year old Bull, George Miller, 



flui'V '7l^ ' Markham, 5 



t'M Best Bull Calf, Wm. Roddick, Ham- 



M/'fll— ilton township, 4 



Second best Bull Calf, Wm. Roddick, 



ii\WF7 -^' Hamilton township, 2 10 



'J'aBMli: Best Cow, Geo. Miller, Markhara,... 6 00 



'^^^Js^S~ Second best Cow, Wm. Roddick, Co- 



i,/iJ(ll,|S^r— ' bourg, 3 



\\ iimiV-si 5^^ — - Best 3 year old Cow, Wm. Roddick, 



Hamilton, 4 



Best 2 year old Heifer, Wm. Millar, 



Pickering 2 



Best Heifor Calf, Geo. Miller, Mai-k- • 

 ham, 1 10 



the head clean; the back straight and broad; the 

 limbs short, but extremely muscular; the skin mode- 

 rate, but mellow, and well covered with long soft 

 hair, — that on the ears, which are large, is peculiarly 

 rough and long. 

 " In the bull, the head is heavy, the neck thick, 



When a horse is brought in hot, loosen the girth, 

 and allow the saddle to remain on for five minutes. 

 Let him be walked about in summer, and, in the 

 winter, be put directly in the stable. 



