No. 540] INHERITANCE OE COLOR IN CATTLE 709 



TABLE II 



f 43 from white by'Site matings 

 { 1 from red by red matings. 

 I 83 from roan by roan matings. 

 207 fr ( ro bj r i n t g 

 122 from red by roan matings. 



8 from red by red matings. 

 172 from white by red and white 

 136 from red by red and white m 



The following table (No. Ill) records some matings, 

 selected almost at random from the Shorthorn Herd 

 Book, detailing the color of dam, sire and offspring, the 

 last animal of this table, the roan cow Dorothea (Vol. 45, 

 p. 645), herself a roan from two red parents, produced six 

 calves : The first a roan Trout Creek Beauty, by the red- 

 and-white Klondike of Baltimore ; the second the red-and- 

 white Lord Strathearn by the red Strathearn Oakland; 

 the third the red Dorothea's Knight by the red Red 

 Knight; the fourth the white Bapton Favorite by the 

 roan Bapton Ensign; the fifth the roan Dorothea Second 

 by the red March King, and the sixth the red-and-ivhite 

 Dorothea Third by the red March King. It is interesting 

 to note that one cow can produce calves of each color 

 characteristic of the race. 



In color pattern the red-and-white and the roan-and- 

 white Shorthorns are quite similar to all other breeds of 

 cattle possessing broken patterns — that is to say, there 

 is a tendency toward a white belt at the front flank, a 

 slightly more pronounced one at the rear flank and a 

 white underline. It is known that Angus cattle which are 

 generally black sometimes possess white patches, gener- 

 ally within the line of the rear flank belt. A white Short- 

 horn bred to a black Angus or Galloway will produce a 

 blue-roan calf, or when bred to a white-faced, roan-bodied 



