. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. SBit 9, 1898] ®%* gveebev mib §pdxi»mcm* 255. Cattle Breeding in California. SECOND PAPER. Probably the answer to the question, "What two dis- tinct breeds of cattle can be classed ? the answer would be beef breeds and milk breeds. Not far wrong, per- haps, in this general application, and yet when a more definite reply was solicited there would be differences of opinion. Even to establish the beef breeds would be troublesome. In, say a hundred votes, there would be a decided preponderance for Durhams and Herefords, other races would find advocates, and wi
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. SBit 9, 1898] ®%* gveebev mib §pdxi»mcm* 255. Cattle Breeding in California. SECOND PAPER. Probably the answer to the question, "What two dis- tinct breeds of cattle can be classed ? the answer would be beef breeds and milk breeds. Not far wrong, per- haps, in this general application, and yet when a more definite reply was solicited there would be differences of opinion. Even to establish the beef breeds would be troublesome. In, say a hundred votes, there would be a decided preponderance for Durhams and Herefords, other races would find advocates, and with good argu- ments to support the position the minority occupies. Locality cuts quite a figure in the controversy. The "lordly Durham" and massive Herefords would cut a small figure in vigorous climates, however great the care to guard against climatic drawbacks, and while the little black cattle of the north of Scotland grow and thrive wonderfully when pastured on southern fields, they could not take the place of the heavy breeds. Xow prized for the quality of the beef, were the habitat changed, the highly-prized flavor might be lacking, and to give it the relish, it is necessary that the early part of life be passed on the Moors, the second on the luxur- iant pastures of the south of Scotland, or the equally fertile vales of England. The milk breeds. It may be that the problem is still more difficult, when milk, and the productions from milk, are to be considered. When two-year-old steers can be put on the scales and show the weights that Durhams and Herefords and some others of the heavy- breeds display, and with that the cost of bringing them to that point, there are dates that cannot be questioned. When pounds of butter, for week, month or year, are the subject of investigation that is also a well-defined inquiry, and when butter-making is the aim it would seem that the question can be settled with a comparison of the tests made. The amount of feed given the
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