. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Brown Swigs Heifer "Minnesota.'' OwDed by H. E. Coil of Woodland, Cal. * usually black. The horns rather small, white waxy, curving forward and inward, with black tips. The ears are large, round, and lined with long, silky hair, light in color. The barrel of the body is large and well rounded. The udder and teats are large,well formed and white, with milk veins very prominent. The cows often carry remark- ably well-shaped escutcheons. The animals of a herd are generally even in appearance, showing careful breeding extending throogh many generations. Bulls
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Brown Swigs Heifer "Minnesota.'' OwDed by H. E. Coil of Woodland, Cal. * usually black. The horns rather small, white waxy, curving forward and inward, with black tips. The ears are large, round, and lined with long, silky hair, light in color. The barrel of the body is large and well rounded. The udder and teats are large,well formed and white, with milk veins very prominent. The cows often carry remark- ably well-shaped escutcheons. The animals of a herd are generally even in appearance, showing careful breeding extending throogh many generations. Bulls and cows are alike docile and easily managed. The cows are so plump and compact as to appear smaller than they really are. Mature animals weigh from 1200 to 1400 pounds and often more; bulls run up to 1800 pounds and over, yet are not so much heavier than the females as in most breeds. These cattle are extremely hardy and very attractive for their sizs, beiDg neces- sarily good mountain climbers in their native country. Milk and butter records.—Developed as a dairy breed primarily, Brown Swiss cows yield a generous flow of milk and holdjont well. Qood specimens may be expected to give an average of ten quarts for every day in the year. Six thousand pounds a year iB an ordinary record, and Bingle instances are known of 8000 to 10,000 pounds. Oae Swiss cow owned in Massachusetts produced, by accurately recorded weights, 86,304 pounds of milk before 12 years old. The quality of milk is above the European average, 3J to 4 per cent of fat being usual. The cow men- tioned above made a butter record ranging from 500 pounds to 610 pounds per year for four years, but this was exceptional. Ordinar- ily 22 pounds of milk of this breed will make 1 pound of butter, and sometimes it does better. The description given indicates that these cattle are good for beef as well as for th& dairy. They are almost always fall-fleshed, easily kept so, and readily fattened when not in milk. The fle
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