. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. XiOne Horn Cow. -.(p-— r VARIOUS BREEDS OF CATTLE IN EUROPE AND AMERICA. 169 The West Highland is a native of the North of Scotland or of the
. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. XiOne Horn Cow. -.(p-— r VARIOUS BREEDS OF CATTLE IN EUROPE AND AMERICA. 169 The West Highland is a native of the North of Scotland or of the isljindf* which \\v. uIoiiliits co;ist. The pi-culiarily ofthis animal i^ its luirdilioodand Biibsisting on llie rours-est paeture-IundM and com-monest provender; that itthrivc& rapidly npon betterfood; that its flesh admirablycombines fat and lean, andis fine In prain and true Ilij^hland is of a darkcolor, with a medium head;broad in the face; the liornstaperiiis; gracefully to a pointWest Highland Cow. and of a waxy color; the neck slender and gently curving; the shoulders broad; the back straight,wide and tlat; thighs tapering to the hocks, legs short ami straight;tlie hair thick and long, witiiout curling. For butchers it ranks The Model Horned Milk Cow is not supposed to belong to anypure or special breed, but illus-trates in her make-up and appear-ance a mixture of good blood andexcellent traits. One, describedas half Short-Horn and half De-von, gave milk twelve years insuccession and bred many , of uncertain ancestry,is described as having yielded alarge quantity, and was only milkdry three weeks in two distinguished writer, Mr. Hax-ton, referring to this subject,siiys^: * The points to be attended to, in judging of a good milk cow,are, by universal consent, considered to be shape and size of theanimal, both as a whole and in detail; texture of the skin and hair;development of the lactiferous ( milky ) parts; temperaznent or hab
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