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DAIRYING. 



no more to feed and care for a good animal* than it does to do so 

 for a poor one, the difference only being in the first cost. 



Various Breeds of Cattle. 



The highest priced cattle are the regular Short-horns, which 

 are now so noted, and of which there are different breeds, each hav- 

 ing its peculiar qualities, while each individual has its own especial 

 characteristics, Short-Thorn cattle are marked by their symmetrical 



Fig. 801.— Contrast Between Two Milk Escutcheons. 



proportions, and by their great bulk on a comparatively small 

 structure, the limbs being generally small and fine. The head of 

 the short-horn is expressive, being rather broad across the fore- 

 head, tapering gracefully below the eyes to the open nostrils and 

 fine, flesh-colored muzzle. 



The eyes are bright, prominent, and of a peculiarly placid 

 expression, the whole countenance being remarkably gentle ; the 

 horns, springing well from the head, curl downward briefly, and 

 the ears are fine, erect, and hairy. The neck is thick ; the back 

 broad and flat ; the hind quarters long and well filled in ; the thighs 

 meet low down. The color varies from a soft white to a deep red, 

 and the skin is soft and mellow. 



We present in these pages a large number of portraits of nota- 

 ble specimens in the different breeds of short-horns and others, as 

 they have been developed in the process of improving^and enhanc- 



