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a creamy colour. There is no more perfect out- 

 line in cattle than a well-bred, averagely -fattened 

 Devon. Some of the Devon cows are fair milkers. 

 Unfortunately, in fattening they tend to produce 

 more fat than is needed by the butcher. 



Scotch Polled. The Scotchman, with his usual 

 cleverness and foresight, has bred the prince of 

 animals that is killed for beef. 



Perhaps the Scotch farmer, not having many 

 populous centres to which he could send his milk, 

 has devoted his attention solely to producing 

 good beef, and well has he succeeded, for Scotch 

 beef has the best reputation, and fetches the 

 highest price of any beef on the market. 



So careful for generations has the Scotch 

 farmer been to breed only from those animals 

 that looked like making good beef, that the 

 Scotch Aberdeen Angus cattle produce very little 

 milk when compared with the good milkers. 



Milk Cattle. 



Just as there have been bred cattle for the 

 express purpose of fattening well and readily, on 

 the smallest quantity of food, so there have been 

 bred cattle for the express purpose of giving 

 large quantities of milk, and for making milk 

 that is rich in butter, and for making milk that 

 is specially suited for the manufacture of good 

 cheese. 



