. Cattle. Cattle; Cattle. 36 CATTLE. and that, unless a great deal of care is taken that the cow shall not be in too good condition at the time of calving, she is subject to puerperal fever, or " drooping ;" while many a calf is lost from the too stimulating quality of her milk. WALES. To the Principality we naturally look for some trace of the native breed of cattle, for the Welsh were never entirely subdued by any of the early invaders. The Romans possessed merely a por- tion of that country ; the Saxons scarcely penetrated at all into Wales, or not beyond the county of Monmouth; t
. Cattle. Cattle; Cattle. 36 CATTLE. and that, unless a great deal of care is taken that the cow shall not be in too good condition at the time of calving, she is subject to puerperal fever, or " drooping ;" while many a calf is lost from the too stimulating quality of her milk. WALES. To the Principality we naturally look for some trace of the native breed of cattle, for the Welsh were never entirely subdued by any of the early invaders. The Romans possessed merely a por- tion of that country ; the Saxons scarcely penetrated at all into Wales, or not beyond the county of Monmouth; the Welsh long re- sisted the superior power of the English under the Norman kings ; and it was not until late in the thirteenth century that the Principali- ty was annexed to the crown of England. We therefore expect to find more decided specimens of the native productions of our island: nor are we altogether disappointed. The principal and the most valuable portion of the cattle of Wales are the middle horns. They are, indeed, stunted in their growth, from the scanty food which their mountains yield, but they bear about them, in miniature, many of the points of the Devon, Sussex, and Hereford THE PEM13ROKE Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Youatt, William, 1776-1847; Martin, W. C. L. (William Charles Linnaeus), 1798-1864, joint author; Stevens, A. ed. New-York, C. M. Saxton
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