Nature-Study Agriculture 



FIG. 204. This prize-winning Guernsey (5 years old) produced 702 pounds of 

 batter fat in one year. 



to obtain, they are a very hardy breed. They are better 

 able to get a living under adverse conditions than are 

 any other dairy cattle kept in this country. In their 

 native home their mflk is much used in making cheese. 

 A breed Shorthorn or Durham cattle originated in England 



fa^ and were brought here in colonial times. They 

 America, have been more numerous and more useful in this 

 country than any other breed. Some breeders have 

 selected good mflk producers and developed rnilk 

 Different "strains," while others have chosen the heavier in- 

 dividuals of the breed and developed beef strains. 

 Breeds of afl animals are very likely after many years 

 to become divided into several groups or strains, each 

 different in some respects from other strains of the same 

 breed. 



