CHAPTER XII 

 THE BREEDS OF CATTLE 



Cattle breeds may also be classified according to type, 

 viz. : 



Beef 



Short-horn 

 Hereford 

 Aberdeen- Angus 

 Galloway 

 Polled Durham 



Dual-purpose 



Dairy 



Jersey 

 Guernsey 

 Holstein-Friesian 

 Ayrshire 

 Brown Swiss 

 Dutch Belted 



Milking Short-horn 



Red Polled 



The chief features by which typical representatives of 

 each of the breeds may be differentiated are size, form, 

 character of head, hide and color. 



235. The Short-horn. — This, the first of the beef breeds 

 to be improved, and the one to which were devoted the 

 efforts of that select group of eighteenth century stock 

 men, who proved out the theories of Bakewell, and estab- 

 lished the principles upon which modern live-stock hus- 

 bandry is practiced, is of extraordinary importance because 

 of the improvement wrought by it on the common stock the 

 world over. The representative Short-horn (Fig. 107) is 

 essentially a beef animal, and unless specially quahfied 

 should be so considered. (Milking Short-horns are dis- 

 cussed in the dual-purpose group.) Short-horns may be 

 differentiated from the other beef breeds by greater size, 



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