. Western agriculture. Figure 114.—Champion two-year-old Shorthorn cow. counties of Durham and York. The native cattle weregood grazers,and by selection among these and by the intro-duction of some cattle from Holland, the Shorthorn breedwas developed. This is one of the oldest breeds, havingbeen improved since about 1600. In color, the Shorthorns are mixed, being red, white, orroan, or a mixture of these. The roan is the only charac-teristic color. In size, Shorthorns are among the largestof cattle, bulls often weighing over a ton and cows from 292 WESTERN AGRICULTURE 1,400 pounds up. Shortho
. Western agriculture. Figure 114.—Champion two-year-old Shorthorn cow. counties of Durham and York. The native cattle weregood grazers,and by selection among these and by the intro-duction of some cattle from Holland, the Shorthorn breedwas developed. This is one of the oldest breeds, havingbeen improved since about 1600. In color, the Shorthorns are mixed, being red, white, orroan, or a mixture of these. The roan is the only charac-teristic color. In size, Shorthorns are among the largestof cattle, bulls often weighing over a ton and cows from 292 WESTERN AGRICULTURE 1,400 pounds up. Shorthorn cattle should be low-set,blocky, and broad-backed. As a breed they are squarelybuilt with a heavy hind quarter and great width of cattle have a clean-cut head and show considerablequality, style, and finish. Doing well under a great variety of conditions, they arethe most widely distributed of any breed. Under range. Figure 113.—A prize winning Hereford bull. conditions Shorthorns do very well and so they are popularin the West. As milkers they surpass all other beef breeds,some of them being very satisfactory at the pail. To aShorthorn cow belongs the distinction of having been thehighest priced bovine ever sold, up to 1915, $40,600 havingbeen paid for the Eighth Duchess of Geneva. Polled Durham. • The Polled Durham is an Americanbreed developed from the Shorthorns, differing from themonly in the absence of horns. This breed is rather popularin sections of the East, but little known in the range states. Hereford. Herefordshire in western England is the homeof the Hereford cattle. This breed was developed at about BEEF CATTLE 293 the same time as the Shorthorn, dating back to the six-teenth century. The ancestors of Hereford cattle came fromthe native cattle of England with probably a few additionsfrom the Flanders and Holland cattle. Hereford cattle are very uniform in characteristics; incolo
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