. Prairie agriculture [microform] : containing a list of chemical experiments; a series of experiments on the growth of seeds; a description of how plants grow; a sketch of the formation of the prairie soil by water and ice action; an account of farming operations and of crops adapted to Manitoba; a description of diseases of crops, of insects, and of birds; an account with illustrations of the breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry adapted to Manitoba; advantages of mixed farming. Agriculture; Agriculture. ao8 PRAIRIE AGRICULTURE, horns of considerable length curving upwards. Neat
. Prairie agriculture [microform] : containing a list of chemical experiments; a series of experiments on the growth of seeds; a description of how plants grow; a sketch of the formation of the prairie soil by water and ice action; an account of farming operations and of crops adapted to Manitoba; a description of diseases of crops, of insects, and of birds; an account with illustrations of the breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry adapted to Manitoba; advantages of mixed farming. Agriculture; Agriculture. ao8 PRAIRIE AGRICULTURE, horns of considerable length curving upwards. Neat about the shoulders, the Devons are enabled to walk freely and fast, and thus make good oxen. The breed though much esteemed in its native locality, has never gained much popularity on this continent. The Sussex cattle closely resemble the Devons, and call for no separate POLLED ANGUS cow. The Property , Brandon Mitu THE POLLED BREEDS. The production, from animals so well provided with horns as the ox, of hornless varieties shows what power the breeder can exercise over the form of ani- mals. For safety, if not for beauty, breeders prefer the hornless or polled varieties of cattle. This preference shows itself in the somewhat painful pro- cess of dehorning cattle now in vogue in some places. Most famous of the hornless varieties is the Polled Angus, noted for its beef-producing qualities. It is uniformly black in color and has a fine, sleek skin. It is strongly persistent and prepotent, and in being crossed with other cattle, its oifspring are usually. 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 Winnipeg : Consolidated Stationery Co.
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectagriculture, bookyear
