tke Farming of the Duchies of Schlesicig and Holstein. 357 
Fig. 11.— Bull of the Jutland Breed {Meat-race). 
■duction of meat than of milk. The oxen are sought after by feeders, their 
meat is of a superior quality, with fine fibre and marbled flesh. They are not 
capable of early maturity, being rarely fit for the butcher before they are five 
years old. A good fat ox will yield on the average the following quantities of 
meat, tallow, and hide : 6 to 7 cwt. of meat ; 1 to I5 cwt. of tallow ; and 
45 to 901bs. of hide. 
" The Jutland cow is the representative of the Breton cow in Denmark. 
She makes the most of moderate grass, and gives milk when placed upon 
grass which would starve cows of a larger breed ; but as soon as sl^ is placed 
in good circumstances, such as rich pasture-land, she loses her superiority as a 
milch-cow, giving no more milk than upon poor land, but on the other hand 
takes on flesh. Her yield of milk does not exceed 320 to 340 gallons per 
annum. These cows, however, are preferred on many large farms on account 
of the richness of their milk, not only in Jutland but also in Schleswig ; but 
the tendency is, nevertheless, to displace them by AngeLn cows, which are 
much better milkers. 
"A Jutland cow, when arrived at maturity, weighs on an average 8 cwt. 
Several thousand heifers are annually exported to the Grand Duchy of Meck- 
lenburg. The pastures of Holstein and Schleswig also receive considerable 
numbers of Jutland steers to be fattened there. The oxen fattened in the 
marshes of the west coast, and of the Lymfjord, provision the towns of Elsi- 
nore, Copenhagen, &c. 
" The best and largest of the Jutland cattle are found in the western part 
of Jutland near the Lymfjord (in the districts of Thy, Mors, Saling, Lemvig, 
Ac), and in the neighbourhood of Hadersleben in Schleswig. Here the 
1 small farmers devote themselves to breeding, and sell their young cattle at one 
or two years old. Every year, in changing owners, the steers are brought 
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