goo Hornless Ruminants. os [Oa 
single calf was black, sired by a Dutch bull upon an unhorned d 
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“The 
“The head is long and narrow, loins -strong, skin thin and 
elastic; hair soft, shining, and close; the bone structure wees 
Strong; neck and shoulders strong and full. Though smal 3 
stature, the animals were of exceeding beauty.” : 
In France—Major Hamilton Smith has mentioned the Com | 
ence of polled cattle in France; and it is stated that at Me 
bouillet in-and-in breeding was practised among the celebrate ; 
cattle of that place—a white, hornless breed—with great ea 
until they were carried off by the cattle-plague of 1815. 1 bar | 
Seen it stated that there are still a remnant of this or somè Ligh 
polled race preserved at one of the French gardens. ue | 
In Holland and Bavaria.—It has been stated that the late df 1 
Morison, of Bognie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, brought 4 rae 3 
very fine, large cows from Holland or Belgium. “ Thee =] 
Were much larger in size than the home polls, and ape 
splendid milkers. They were of all colors, and mostly 
with the exception of a few, which had very short, thick l 
I had four of those animals in my possession for several l 
Two of them were black, with white stripe on back; m$ i 
brindled, and the fourth was white, with short horns. of e 
mentioned was the biggest in size, and the best milke w ie | 
lot, but in consequence of the color of her first calf being ™ 
she was sold.” : 
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* Compare with Professor Low’s description of the Uri of Pola ol 
