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rather clumsv head, thick neck, clean well-shaped horns, black 
muzzle, very rough tail-head, light thighs, and rather deficient 
flank. He was bare ot flesh, and badly " ribbed-back." Though 
the four vear-old Fionie * bull, in the same class, was apparently 
not thought worthy of the second prize, he seemed to those un- 
acquainted with the breed superior in some points to the first- 
prize bull. Red in colour, he had a beautiful horn ; head and 
neck handsome, quality good, size moderate, legs long, and 
thighs bare. The first-prize cow, also of the Angeln breed, 
was a very tidy little animal, with fine bone, sleek mellow 
skin, yery sharp on the shoulder-top and all along the back, 
and possessing in a high degree the elements of an excellent 
milker. As a lot the cows were keen, liyely, and light-legged, 
displaying some resemblance to the red deer, with fine skin, 
narrow frame, flat ribs, sharp back, long turned-up horns, black 
muzzles, slender neck, and yery light thighs. Their yalue as 
beef-producing cattle is not so great as their worth in the dairy. 
Still a considerable number of cattle is annually imported from 
Denmark into this country for beef. These belong, however, to 
the Jutland breed, which is black and white, and of comparatively 
little value for milking purposes. 
Swiss Cattle, 
Swiss breeds were the only races that appeared in the Section 
set apart to Central Europe. Switzerland itself exhibited 45 ; 
France contributed 5 more. Of the Swiss race proper 32 came 
from Switzerland and 4 from France. Perhaps no breed in 
the Exhibition had more marked characteristics than this one. 
The prevailing colour is a sort of dun or " bay-chestnut," 
often showing a black tinge, and invariably a light-coloured 
stripe along the back and round the muzzle. The size varies, 
but as a rule the cattle are large ; the head is short, thick, and 
clumsy ; the mouth is large ; the horns are thick, and usually 
black ; the neck is pretty thick, and the frame generally long, 
and occasionally well drawn out behind, but hollow on the 
back ; the chest is wide and well formed ; the forearm is power- 
ful, the bones are rather large, and the muscular development 
is very prominent. " The tail does not offer at its source 
that exaggerated height which was formerly considered a point 
of beauty, but which is now more properly considered a grave 
imperfection " (Moll and Gayot). It is not claimed that the 
race is anything more than moderately valuable for beef pro- 
* These cattle are the country cattle of the island, known as Fionie to the 
French, Fiinen to the Germans, and Fyen to the Danes. They bear the same 
rehition to the Angeln as the common Yorkshire cow does to the pedigree Shoit- 
horu. — Ei>. 
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