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rich in butter fat, and is of a light yellowish red 

 colour mixed with white. Her muzzle is flesh 

 coloured, and there is an orange colour round 

 the eyes, inside the ears, and at the back of 

 the udder towards the tail. 



The Shorthorn. You have read that certain 

 varieties of cattle have been bred for the express 

 purpose of making large quantities of milk on the 

 smallest amount of food, and that certain other 

 varieties of cattle have been bred for the express 

 purpose of making the finest quality of beef on 

 the smallest amount of food. 



But it was necessary for the well-being of the 

 general mass of the farmers that they should 

 possess a breed of cattle that would combine 

 good milk-making powers and good beef-making 

 qualities, and whose young would come to 

 maturity early. 



If, for instance, the farmer found that one of 

 his cows was not giving the quantity of milk 

 that she should, in order to make her a profitable 

 animal, it was necessary that she should be 

 easily converted into beef, at the smallest ex- 

 pense. It was also very important that the 

 general farmer should possess a breed of cattle 

 that, according to the requirements of the market 

 around him, he should be able to convert at the 

 earliest possible age, either into profitable milk 

 makers or into profitable beef makers. 



