. American cattle: their history, breeding and management. Cattle; Cattle. 66 AMERICAN CATTLE. may keep them for a time in the back-ground; but their actual merits once known, they may have a fair trial, and achieve a substantial success. Like the Devon, we place the Hereford under three distinct heads; and first, AS A DAIRY COW. In this virtue she has little reputation, either in England or America. We have found no English authority, except a rare instance or two, which gives her much credit as a milker. Pos- sibly this may have arisen from the fact that the Hereford dis- tricts are grazing,
. American cattle: their history, breeding and management. Cattle; Cattle. 66 AMERICAN CATTLE. may keep them for a time in the back-ground; but their actual merits once known, they may have a fair trial, and achieve a substantial success. Like the Devon, we place the Hereford under three distinct heads; and first, AS A DAIRY COW. In this virtue she has little reputation, either in England or America. We have found no English authority, except a rare instance or two, which gives her much credit as a milker. Pos- sibly this may have arisen from the fact that the Hereford dis- tricts are grazing, and not dairy. The milk is rich, but too little of it—not much more than to rear her calf in good condition. She dries Plate 6. Hereford Cow. If she ever was a milker before her modern improvement began, the milking faculty has been sacrificed for a ready tend- ency to flesh, which has been obtained in a high degree in her race. We have seen a dozen of them milked through three or. 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 Allen, Lewis F. (Lewis Falley), 1800-1890. New York, O. Judd and company
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