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 .. . and produce a larger per cent of fine cuts of meat than most,if not any, other breeds. These cattle were first imported into America in 320 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY 1797, and many other importations were made during the hrst half of thepresent century. Another breed which closely
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 .. . and produce a larger per cent of fine cuts of meat than most,if not any, other breeds. These cattle were first imported into America in 320 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY 1797, and many other importations were made during the hrst half of thepresent century. Another breed which closely resembles the Short-horn is the cattle are usually of a uniform color — a pale red — with white face,breast, and flanks, and drooping horns. They were hrst introduced by HenryClay in 1817. Another importation was made in 1840, but it was not until1860 and subsequently that they were imported largely and a herd book established for them. Since that time they have multiplied largely. The last of the three distinctly beef breeds is a hornless race originating inScotland, and known by the name of Aberdeen Angus, Galloway, or Polledcattle. These cattle have the distinctive quality of hardiness, and as theyhave very thick, close hair they are able to subsist on the range without. nEKEFORD COW. -LADY LAUREL. shelter better than perhaps any other breed. The males have a remarkableprepotency, and the cross-bred animals very rarely show horns. Like theHerefords, they are poor milkers ; for while their milk is rich, the quantity issmall, and they usually go dry for several months of the year. They werefirst imported into this country about 1850, and in 1883 nine hundred wereimported and distributed among the cattle breeders of the plains. Polledcattle are becoming more popular every year, and many farmers now dehornthe cattle of other breeds; and the time is not far distant when homed cattlewill be the exception and not the rule. The Channel Island group — the Jersey
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