. Domestic animals : history and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, and farm dogs : with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market : also, their diseases and remedies together with full directions for the management of the dairy. Horses; Domestic animals. HEREFORDS. 35 Herefords. This is tlic only remaining pure breed, which has hitherto occupied the attention of graziers in this country. Like the Devons, they ire supposed to be one of the most ancient races of British caUle. Marshall gives the fol
. Domestic animals : history and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, and farm dogs : with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market : also, their diseases and remedies together with full directions for the management of the dairy. Horses; Domestic animals. HEREFORDS. 35 Herefords. This is tlic only remaining pure breed, which has hitherto occupied the attention of graziers in this country. Like the Devons, they ire supposed to be one of the most ancient races of British caUle. Marshall gives the following description. *' Tho countenance pleasant, cheerful, open; the forehead broad ; eye full and lively; horns bright, taper, and spread- ing ; head small; chap lean; neck long and tapering ; chest deep ; bosom broad, and projecting forward; shoulder-bone thin, flat, no way protuberani m bone (?) but full and mellow in flesh ; chest full; loin broaa ; hips standing wide, and level with the chine; quarters long, and wide at the neck; rump even with the level of the back, and not drooping, nor stand- ing high and sharp above the quarters ; tail slender and neatly hau'ed; barrel round and roomy; the carcass throughout Fig. Hereford Covv' deep and Avell spread; ribs broad, standing flat and close on the outer surface, forming a sm^ooth, even barrel, the hind- most large and full of length ; round-bone small, snug, and not prominent; thigh clean, and regularly tapering; legs up- right and short; bone below the knee and hock small; feet. 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, R. L. (Richard Lamb), 1803-1869. New York : C. M. Saxton & Company
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