. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. JEESEY COW,-âThe breeds of Cattle from the British Channel Islands bear the palm for choice quality of cream and butter obtained from their milk. The Jersey is the type of these animals and is a favorite dairy â¢cow in .America and Great Britain. became the custom for the other stockmen to call unbranded yearlings "Mavericks," and they are known by that name to this â¢day. Such opportunities as those of Maverick are not now â¢open. Closer attention is paid to the Cattle and it is seldom that a calf escapes being branded.
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. JEESEY COW,-âThe breeds of Cattle from the British Channel Islands bear the palm for choice quality of cream and butter obtained from their milk. The Jersey is the type of these animals and is a favorite dairy â¢cow in .America and Great Britain. became the custom for the other stockmen to call unbranded yearlings "Mavericks," and they are known by that name to this â¢day. Such opportunities as those of Maverick are not now â¢open. Closer attention is paid to the Cattle and it is seldom that a calf escapes being branded. The Cattle raising industry is one of great importance in the West, where there are large areas not fitted for cultivation, which are admirably adapted for Cattle raising. On the Falkland Islands the Oxen have com- pletely returned to savagery and are entirely eman- -cipated from the yoke of Man, being but occasionally hunted by sailors whose provisions of meat have run out. On the Galopagos Islands, the Philip- pine and Sandwich Isles and â on the Celebes, Oxen having jeverted to a wild state are also found, and the same may be said of Australia and New Zealand. In the high moun- tainous regions of central Asia Cattle which have resumed their wild habits also occur, â¢especially in instances in which herds have become â ownerless in consequence of wars. In Colombia, as in most other countries of South America, they live in unre- strained freedom, not in the low lands, however, but on the heights of the Cordilleras. nmmr of Life of A glimpse at Cattle in Vari- the manner of ous Nations. Ufg of the do- mestic Cattle of various coun- tries is instructive as well as fascinating. In order to begin our consideration in histor- ical fashion, let us turn our attention first to those herds which still lead the same manner of existence as did those belonging to the patriarchs. The wan- dering tribes of eastern Soudan are herdsmen, who attend to their duties in exactly the sam
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