. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. THE HOLLOW-HORNED RUMINANTS 187 Formerly there were several other herds of ancient white cattle. One was at Gisburne, in Yorkshire; another at Chatelherault Park, in Lanarkshire ; and records of herds at Bishop Auckland in Durham, Barnard Castle, Blair Athol,Burton Constable, Naworth Castle, and other ancient peaks are preserved. Probably all were of a breed highly prized in ancient days, which was allowed the run of the forests adjacent to the homes of their owners ; then, as the forests were cleared, they were gradually taken up andenclosedinparks. Another
. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. THE HOLLOW-HORNED RUMINANTS 187 Formerly there were several other herds of ancient white cattle. One was at Gisburne, in Yorkshire; another at Chatelherault Park, in Lanarkshire ; and records of herds at Bishop Auckland in Durham, Barnard Castle, Blair Athol,Burton Constable, Naworth Castle, and other ancient peaks are preserved. Probably all were of a breed highly prized in ancient days, which was allowed the run of the forests adjacent to the homes of their owners ; then, as the forests were cleared, they were gradually taken up andenclosedinparks. Another theory is, that they were the white cattle of North-western Italy, imported by the first settlements of Italian monks after the conversion of the thoto by J, T. Newman JERSEY COW Though small in size, the Jtrsty coivs produce more butter than any English breed SOME DOMESTICATED CATTLE The various species of European domestic cattle have in most cases been brought to a degree of excellence even higher than that which might be expected from the long period of time in which their improvement lias been an object of solicitude to man. Of the foreign races, the dark red cattle of the Spanish Peninsula—animals which have been exported to the Canary Islands and Madeira with great success — are justly famous. The white oxen of North- east Italy have been famous since the days of the Romans. The tall long-horned cattle of Hungary are excellent alike as beasts of draught and for beef. The black-and-white Dutch cows are, and have been, the mainstay of the dairy industry of Holland, and later of Denmark; while the small Brittany cows are perhaps the best butter-producers on the continent of Europe. But England and the Channel Islands may justly claim to rear the finest cattle of the temperate parts of the world. The diminutive Jersey cows, now reared in all parts of the kingdom, surpass all the animals of Europe or America in the richness of their milk, . while stock from the
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