46(7 CATTLE AND DAIRY* FARMING. 



SIZE AND WEIGHT, 



Size ami weight of all breeds of cattle vary considerably; the Mess- 

 kirch breed are no exception to this rule. Animals which get good and 

 abundant 1'ood will be much heavier in weight than those whose food is 

 insnlh'cicnt. The following table will show the average sizes obtained 

 bv actual measurement: 



-,- i XumlifT Average ' Average 



' <>!' animals., height, ' length. 



Ft. in. Ft. in. 



4 '2 ' 5 ] 



4 4 5 



3 10 4 



Tin 4 measurement of eighty animals at maturity gave average height, 

 4 feet 1 inch ; length, 1 feet 10 inches. 

 The weight is as follows : 



Pomuls. 



( ulvt-ft ui iLf 1 1 MIL- of tlu-ir liin h 70 to K"> 



!s of onr year 4:!0 (570 



i - of I v.-.> years 770 1,030 



Co\vs ivu, ] a v. i-'._'..! of UOu 1,400 



'-..!, i-i-.-icli a \Vt-i^ht of 1. 100 1, i'.OO 



a a \vi-i.u3n of l,JrUO t>,4UO 



MEASl.'KKS OF Sl^TAKATE LDILS. 



'J'lie lengtli of the neck is on an average 1 foot 2 inches. The skin of 

 the neek is line and wrinkled. The withers are large and round, and 

 are in a horizontal direction with healthy animals. The loins have an 

 average length of 1-1 inches. 



.Iccrayc measurement of dijl'crt at pai is of animal*. 



Kind. 



77. in. Jnchrs. Inclrs. j Inchft. 

 1 H 7 L'2 'JO 



17 C> L'O ! 1* 



i o : . L 21 



21 



AND Fi 



Jiy far tlie greater number of tin; calves that are born each year are 

 raised; the price is invariably high, so that the butchers are often 

 "hliged to take their .supply from other sections. Some of the male 

 calves are >n\<\ a Her t \\ elveor fifteen months for breeding; the majority 

 of the males, however, are castrated after six or eight weeks and sold 

 a f;cr I u o years or kepi for labor. 



Moxt of the .Me-skirch stock-breeders let the calves (male as well aB 

 female) suck during six or ei-ht weeks. After that time the calf gets 



