. Cattle. Cattle; Cattle. THE POLLED GALLOWAYS. 07 ent from any other part I am acquainted with, for they do not cas- trate them until they are about a year ; They are now generally spayed much earlier than they wed to be, bui some of the breed* i adhere to the old custom, The young cattle arc rarely housed after the first winter ; they are on their pa iture 'lay and night, but in cold weather, they re- ceive hay and straw in tin; fields, supporting themselves otherwise on the foggage left uneonsumed after the summer grass. Many of the fanners are beginning to learn their true interes
. Cattle. Cattle; Cattle. THE POLLED GALLOWAYS. 07 ent from any other part I am acquainted with, for they do not cas- trate them until they are about a year ; They are now generally spayed much earlier than they wed to be, bui some of the breed* i adhere to the old custom, The young cattle arc rarely housed after the first winter ; they are on their pa iture 'lay and night, but in cold weather, they re- ceive hay and straw in tin; fields, supporting themselves otherwise on the foggage left uneonsumed after the summer grass. Many of the fanners are beginning to learn their true interest, and the pastures are not so much overstocked in summer as they used to lie, and :> portion of herbage is left for the cattle, in the winter; therefore, ;il though tin: beasts are not in high condition in the spring, they have materially increased in size, and are, in ;i proper state to he, trans fen ed to the rich pastures of the lower GALLOWAY cow. The Galloway cows are not good milkers; hut although the quantity of the, milk i» not great, it IS rich in quality, and yields a large proportion of butter. A cow that gives from twelve to sixteen quarts per day is considered very superior, and that quantity pro (luce-, more than a pound and a half of butter. The average, how- ever, of a Galloway cow cannot he reckoned at more than six or eight quarts per day, during the, five summer months after feeding her calf. During the next four months she does not rove more than half thatquantity, and for two or three months she is dry. It has been said that the young Galloway cattle ;ue more expo ed than Othen to Bedwater, particularly on grass lands wanting 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 aut
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