CHAP. i. WELSH CATTLE. 45 



where others would starve, and unrivalled as " the cottager's cow." 

 The Welsh Runt, largely grazed in Northamptonshire and other mid- 

 land counties, is a conspicuous animal at the Christmas fat stock 

 shows, and as an indication of its value from a butcher's point of view, 

 it may be mentioned that of late years several runts have been exhibited 

 scaling upwards of 2,240 Ib. live weight, whilst one or two have scaled 

 over 3,000 Ib. 



Two Herd-books were originally established the Black Cattle Herd- 

 book for registration of the Castle Martins or South Wales type, and the 

 North Wales Black Cattle Herd-book for the Anglesey cattle. These 

 were amalgamated in 1904 under the auspices of the Welsh Black Cattle 

 Society, a step which, it is hoped, will lead to the obliteration of the 



Fig. 10.- Welsh Bull, "Cromwell." 



Winner of the Champion Prize given by Lieutenant-Colonel T. Picton-Turliervill for the 

 best male in the Welsh classes, at the Juhilee Show of the Royal Agricultural Society ot' 

 England, Windsor, 1889. Bred and exhibited by Colonel Henry Platt, of Gorddinog, 

 Llanfairfechan, Carnarvonshire. 



many minor varieties of type, and render the breed more uniform. 

 Levelling up to the best type is the great desideratum. 



We are indebted to Dr. W. B. Wall, of Pembroke, for some of the 

 foregoing facts. 



A writer in the " Live Stock Journal " states that in the rich vallev 

 of the Severn and elsewhere numbers of Welsh cattle are annually 

 fattened for the London market, whilst they are also much sought alter 

 in the Midlands, because they yield a good return to the grazier for his 

 first outlay, and generally prove more profitable, when slaughtered, than 

 their outward appearance indicates. In addition to their beef-producing 

 qualifications, the cows of the breed are also much appreciated by 

 dairymen, because they are good at the pail, and, if kept well, will 

 yield a fair supply of good butter, whilst they soon put on flesh after 

 their dairy career has ended. 



