. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 468 CATTLE which they have been bred under uniform conditions. In the essential characteristics of color and general conformation, pre- potency is very manifest. The adaptability of the Brown Swiss to a wide range of con- ditions seems apparent. The native home of these cattle is in the mountains, where they thrive on rations that would not be regarded as satisfactory in America, and where they are distinctly hardy. The herds kept in the more sterile sections of the eastern United States seem to thrive equally well with those in the corn belt of t
. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 468 CATTLE which they have been bred under uniform conditions. In the essential characteristics of color and general conformation, pre- potency is very manifest. The adaptability of the Brown Swiss to a wide range of con- ditions seems apparent. The native home of these cattle is in the mountains, where they thrive on rations that would not be regarded as satisfactory in America, and where they are distinctly hardy. The herds kept in the more sterile sections of the eastern United States seem to thrive equally well with those in the corn belt of the West. No doubt they have a special place in dairy sections, notably in the more elevated regions, where a rugged breed is desirable. From the profit point of view it is doubtful if they can compete satisfac- torily with some of our other breeds in the fertile West. The Brown Swiss cattle in milk produc- tion make a remarka- bly creditable showing. Numerous records of Swiss dairies show comparatively large production for these cows. F. H. Mason, as United States consul in Switzerland, reports that at Cham the 6000 cows supplying the Anglo-Swiss Con- densed Milk Company yielded 5315 pounds each. These cows were milked for an average of about nine months and were fed only grass and hay. The average annual production of 72 herds in Switzerland, as published from records gathered by the Swiss Union of Cattle Breeders,^ shows an average yield of kilos, or 10,969 pounds, with an average fat content of per cent. The first recorded test of a Brown Swiss cow in America proved very sensational, for on this occasion the cow Brienz 168, in November, 1891, at the American Fat-Stock Show, pro- duced pounds of milk per day for three days, which con- tained a total of pounds fat. For many years this was one 1 The Bovine Breeds of Switzerland, p. Fig. 208. Waldi, second-prize Brown Swiss bull at Lucerne, 1913- From photograph by the author Digitized by Microsoft®.
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