Recent Afiricultimd Publications. 
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Caledonian cattle, which are made to embi’ace the Wild White 
Cattle of Great Britain, the West Highland breed orKyloes (earlier 
known, it is stated, as North Argyleshire cattle), the North High- 
land breed, the Ayrshire breed, and the Scotch Polled cattle. 
Under group B positions are assigned to the Jersey and Guernsey 
breeds. No British breeds are referred to group C. Group D 
places the Kerry and the Brittany cattle next to each other, and 
notice is then bestowed upon what the author terms the Polled Irish 
breed {der ungehornte Schlag in Irland), of which it is stated : — 
“ The animals of this breed are of light-brown colour, whilst the shape of 
their heads and the general form of their bodies point to the conclusion 
that they belong to the Celtic race of cattle, save that they have no horns, 
and that, in the fertile valley of the Shannon, they attain a weight often 
approaching that of the Shorthorns. At the Christmas Show of 1871, a 
stall-fed ox, 4 years 10 months old, weighed 977 kg. ( = 2,150 lb ). The 
animals of this breed are rapidly dwindling in number in consequence of 
persistent crossing with Shorthorns.” 
Welsh cattle follow, and are made to comjtrise the “ South Wales 
Black-breed, Welsh Black-breed, Pembrokeshire or Castlemartin 
breed, Welsh Runts,” on the one hand, and “North Wales Black- 
breed ” on the other. Then come the Longhorn cattle. Bos taurus 
hrachycephalus licestriensis. The British race. Bos taurus bracliy- 
cephcdus britannicus, comprises the North Devon breed, “'the South 
Devon breed or Somerset breed ” {sic), the Sussex breed, and the 
Herefordshire breed. 
The subject of breeding occupies the fourth section, and is 
replete with information of practical interest. Incidental reference 
is made to tuberculosis, and it is recommended that calves be fed 
upon boiled milk, that they be kept as naturally as possible, that 
diseased and suspected cattle be isolated, that stalls and cow-houses 
be disinfected, and that consumptive people be kept away from 
cattle. The keeping of books is advocated, the following being a 
specimen of the milk register suggested : — 
No. 
or 
name 
of 
the 
cow 
Trial milking-days, 
weeks, &c. 
(up to 52ud) 
12 3 4 
Eesult 
of 
the 
trial 
milk- 
ings 
Aver- 
age 
yielft 
of 
milk 
and 
of 
fat 
Bulled 
Dura- 
Cal- “7 
dry- 
[ ness 
1 
1 
No. 
of 
days 
in- 
milk 
in 
the 
year 
Aver- T-,,. , 
age Total 
mifk 
milk 
fat : 7 
daily, 
for 1 
1 year ^ ^ 
Remarks 
llilk 
lb. 
10 
8 
1 
10 1 „ 
1,244 
35-6 
4/8 
j From 
' 21/1 
18/5 1 to 
18/5 
248 
23-8 8,688 
Total of 
trial days of 
milking, 35 
.J 
Pat % 
3-0 
31 
1 
3-0 
‘ It is not clear what cattle the author here refers to. I have written to Mr. 
James Robertson, of La Mancha, Malahide, Co. Dublin, on the subject, and 
though lie has obligingly inquired of breeders in various parts of the country, 
it has been without avail. — W. F. 
