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H. N. Fraser, on the contrary, denies their value for 

 feeding purposes, and says that they are of slow 

 maturity. 6 



Quotations giving opinions of their value for graz- 

 ing could be indefinitely multiplied. The truth 

 seems to be, that the shapes are not those which are 

 most profitable to the butcher. They cut up with not 

 such economy as the Short-horn, nor do they arrive 

 as early at maturity. As feeders they are the equals 

 of many breeds used for grazing, when rightly treated, 

 but have not the same aptitudes which have been bred 

 so especially in the Short-horn. 



In quality of meat, they can hardly be excelled ; 

 our experience in Glasgow and Ayr in 1869, and 

 with a barren heifer in 1872, justifies us in describing 

 their meat as fine-grained, high-flavored, juicy, and 

 marbled with fat. 



A few extracts from the catalogue of H. H. Peters, 

 of Southboro', Mass., will illustrate the capabilities 

 of this breed, among the hills of New England, as 

 possible beef producers. "The imported cow Ada, 

 proving barren, was fattened during the winter of 

 1862-3. About the first of April, 1863, she was 

 slaughtered. Her dressed weight was 1,009 pounds, 

 of which the beef weighed 882 pounds, the tallow 111 

 pounds, and the hide 70 pounds. The quality of her 

 beef was pronounced, by persons well qualified to 

 judge, superior. It was fine-grained, and the fat and 

 lean so well mixed as to produce the marbled appear- 



Pr. Essays H. Soc. 1868-9, p. 331. 



