Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . nd if we areto judge by their wide distribution and great popularity, the Jerseys lead thelist. They were first introduced into the United States in 1820, and in 1850large importations were made ; but it Avas during the decade from 1870 to1880 that greatest interest in the breed was awakened and
Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . nd if we areto judge by their wide distribution and great popularity, the Jerseys lead thelist. They were first introduced into the United States in 1820, and in 1850large importations were made ; but it Avas during the decade from 1870 to1880 that greatest interest in the breed was awakened and large and frequent THE CENTURYS PROGRESS IN AGRICULTURE 321 importations were made. There has been a strong and bitter opposition tothese cattle by many farmers on account of their small size, but they have wontheir way until they are more universally distributed, and are to be found onmore farms than any other breed. Eemarkable yields of butter from the indi-vidual have been recorded, many of them running from 12 to 18 pounds perweek under high feeding and extra care. While the Ayrshire possesses great merit, so few of them have been im-ported into this country that it seems scarcely worth while to more thanmention them. Under the head of general-purpose animals come the Holsteins, Devon, and. GROUP OF ABERDEEN-ANGUS CATTLE. Eed Polls. All of these breeds possess fine qualities. The Holsteins wereprobably not introduced into this country until the last half of the the Holstein Herd-Book, published in 1882, shows that about 5000registered animals Avere in this country at that date. While fair beef cattle,the Holsteins are deep milkers, and show a record of the largest quantity ofmilk of any breed in America, — some cows giving over 12,000 pounds of milkin a year. The milk, however, is not as rich in butter fat as that of the Jer-sey, but probably they are the best breed of dairy cows for the cheese factoryin the United States. The Devons are beautiful red cattle.
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