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to cross with native cattle must be good milk producers, as well 
as good meat producers, for among some castes the meat is of 
secondary importance to the milk. In the course of this article 
we hope to draw attention to one breed of small cattle possessing 
many of these good characteristics which should recommend it 
to those who are interested in the development of Indian native 
breeds. 
In the Zoological Gardens at Dublin is an animal of 
great interest, in that it is a cross between a Zebu bull 
and a Dexter Kerry heifer. This crossbred heifer shows 
how very prepotent the Dexter is over the Zebu, for at first 
Fig.' 2. — Zebu-Dexter Heifer iu the Zoological Gardens, Dublin. 
glance it appears to be almost a perfect Dexter. The hump has 
disappeared, and the line from the shoulders to the setting 
of the tail is perfectly straight, thus at once doing away with 
two inferior characteristics in the Zebu. The portrait of the 
Zebu bull shown in fig. 1 represents an animal with a short 
goose-rump, and with the tail set on several inches below 
the line of the back ; whereas, that of the heifer cross (fig. 2) 
shows how thoroughly this great failing has been made good, 
while the buttocks are both deeper and fuller. It would be 
difficult to realise a greater transformation in the hind-quarter ; 
that portion, where the best meat on the animal lies, has been 
developed in the first cross. 
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