CHAPTER XII 



THE BREEDS OF CATTLE 



CATTLE breeds may also be classified according to type, 

 viz. : -*- 



Short-horn 



Beef 



Hereford 

 Aberdeen- Angus 

 Galloway 

 Polled Durham 



Dairy 



Jersey 

 Guernsey 

 Holsteln-Friesian 

 Ayrshi 

 Brown S 

 Dutch Bel 



Dual-purpose | 



f Milking Short-horn 



Red Polled 



The chief features by which typical representatives of 

 each of the breeds may be differentiated are size, form, 

 character of head, hide and color. 



236. The Short-horn. This, the first of the beef breeds 

 to be improved, and the one to which were devoted the 

 efforts of that select group of eighteenth century stock 

 /m,en, who proved out the theories of Bakewell, and estab- 

 lished the principles upon which modern live-stock hus- 

 bandry is practiced, is of extraordinary importance because 

 of the improvement wrought by it on the common stock the 

 world over. The representative Short-horn (Fig. 107) is 

 f essentially a beef animal, and unless specially qualified 

 should be so considered. (Milking Short-horns are dis- 

 cussed in the dual-purpose group.) Short-horns may be 

 differentiated from the other beef breeds by greater size, 



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