THE BROWN SWISS 



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Ridge and Eldredge of the same state made importations. The 

 most important recent importation was that made in 1904 by 

 McLaury Brothers of New York, who brought over a number of 

 show cattle which they exhibited at various state fairs and at the 

 Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis. The breed has never 

 secured an important position in America since its introduction. 

 The characteristics of the Brown Swiss. This is essentially a 

 dual-purpose breed of very uniform and distinct breed character- 

 istics. The color is a light or dark brown, that most esteemed 



Fig. 145. Upland Hobby 1488, grand-champion Brown Swiss bull at the 

 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904, and one of the most noted prize 

 winners of the breed. Owned and exhibited by F. R. Hazard, Syracuse, 

 New York. Photograph from the owner 



being a dark brown or mouse color, fading to gray along the 

 backbone to the tail head, and sometimes also about the belly. 

 There is also a mealy or creamy ring about the muzzle. The 

 udder is usually white, the hoofs black, and the horns white 

 in the lower part and very dark at the tips. The tongue and 

 nose are very dark colored, approaching black. 'Wi^ general form 

 of Brown Swiss cattle is distinctly blocky, much more so in fact 

 than other dual-purpose breeds, the points being full from breast 

 to hind quarter, showing thickness and depth. The head is 



