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place, and every year sees greater numbers of them imported from 

 Scotland. 



DUTCH BELTED. 



Dutch Belted cattle are bred to a very limited extent indeed in 

 Canada. This breed has been long in the upbuilding, but the basis 

 of selection having been the clear, wide band of white around the 

 body, the results of centuries of work are far from satisfactory from 

 the dairyman's standpoint. The breed might be considered as orna- 

 mental rather than useful. 



FRENCH-CANADIAN. 



The French Canadian cows are worthy of much consideration 

 where a hardy breed of rustlers is required. The individual cow is 

 somewhat small, weighing only 700 to 900 pounds. A bull weighs 

 about 1,000 pounds. In general conformation they are somewhat 

 rough and angular; in the cows the wedge shape is present. The 

 colour is black, or dark-brown. As milk producers they resemble the 

 Jersey, though in quantity and quality they fall somewhat behind 

 that breed. An average of 6,500 Ibs. of milk of a little over 4 per 

 cent butter fat is about the standard. 



The first individuals of the breed are supposed to have come over 

 from Normandy or Brittany with the early French settlers in the 

 17fh century. Many years of ' roughing it ' along with the early 

 settlers have made them hardy, and selection by the same people has 

 made them productive on light, poor rations. 



GUERNSEY. 



As the name indicates, the Guernsey is one of the breeds native 

 to the Channel Islands. On account of the scarcity of animals, the 

 breed is not very widely distributed. They are found in small 

 numbers in the Maritime Provinces, a few herds exist in Quebec 

 and Ontario, and even in the prairie provinces and British Columbia 

 herds are to be seen here and there. The total number of Guernseys 

 in Canada is, however, quite small. 



Next to the Holstein, the Guernsey is the largest of the special- 

 purpose dairy breeds. Orange-fawin-and- white in colour, they 

 possess a skin remarkable for the large amount of yellow pigment or 

 secretion which it contains. They yield a fairly large flow of rich 

 milk of a very high colour. Some of the most remarkable butter-fat 

 producing cows in the world are fccutnd in this breed. 



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