CATTLE. 
CHAPTEB I.] / 
STATURAL HISTORY OP CATTLE. 
Mata ORIGIN— —BARLT DOMESTICATION Tn» DIFFERENT KINDS AK3> THEIR PECULIADi 
WIBS IMPROVED BREEDS DEVONS SUSSEX SHORT HORNS AL.DERNBT8— 
AVKSHIKES — EIOLSTELNS — POLLED CATTLE-^— KERRY COWS ■ - THE CHEROKEE OB 
TEXAS CATTLE, ETC., ETC. 
Tho native country of the genus Bos is not known, and the wild typo 
3t»as long since passed away. 
The Urus is regardod as the parent of domesticated cattle, ana is 
described in its wild state, as an animal of enormous size, of great fierce- 
ness, and fable has thrown around it an air of mystery, as is common io 
*11 legends that have come down to us from the far past. 
Domestioation of Cattle. 
The domestication of cattle is also a matter of conjecture. 
Our earliest record comes from scripture. Jubal, the son of Lamech, 
who lived in the lifetime of Adam, is recorded as being “the father of 
■uch as have cattle.” 
Noah certainly had cattle, and wherever the sons of Noah migrated, 
they carried cattle with them. 
Cattle were worshipped by the earliest Egyptians, and among the 
ancient nations of Judea, they were, and still are, held in great ven- 
eration. 
In the days of Abraham, cattle certainly were regularly bred, and in 
the days of Jacob we have an account of systematic breeding to color, 
and probably to type. 
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