THE SHORTHORN 



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As has been already indicated, as a result of hereditary trans- 

 mission, and the early breeding of Bates and others, the Short- 

 horn produces an abundance of milk. No beef breed equals it. 

 Shorthorns generally may be in a measure grouped into two 

 classes, the beefy type and the general purpose sort. As a rule, 

 it is true, the latter class will not fatten as easily and does not 

 present the beef conformation in as high a degree as does the 

 former. Even then the beefy class of Shorthorn surpasses the 

 Hereford, Aberdeen Angus, and Galloway in furnishing milk for 

 its offspring. 



Shorthorn dairy records have been repeatedly made in public 

 and private tests. The most important public dairy record of the 

 breed made in America up to this time occurred in 1893 at the 

 World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, when cattle of this 

 breed competed against herds of Jersey and Guernsey. In the 

 cheese-making test of 14 days, the Shorthorn ranked third, pro- 

 ducing 12,186.9 pounds of milk, from which was made 1077.6 

 pounds of cheese. The Shorthorn cow Nora stood second to a 

 Jersey, producing 60.56 pounds cheese at a net profit of $6.27. 

 In the butter-making test for 90 days, in which gain in live 

 weight was credited, the following results were secured : 



This was a very creditable showing, especially in view of the 

 fact that the Shorthorns were not selected with the great pains and 

 expense that the Jerseys were, and did not represent as many 

 high-class dairy specimens as did the other breeds. Professor 

 Jas. Long of England, who inspected the cows, reported on his 

 return home that in England they would not rank high as dairy 

 Shorthorns. In this test the cow Nora made 3679.8 pounds of 

 milk, yielding 160. 5 7 pound shutter, and gained 1 15 pounds; while 

 the Jersey cow Brown Bessie, which led this breed, made 3634 



