. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. redominating over the red; red roan, withthe red prevailing over the white, as either may over the other in different degrees; red andwhite flecked, or spotted in every possible way. The red may also vary in shade from light,or yellow-red, into the deepest mahogany. The old-fashioned short-horns sometimes showeda drab-dun, or fawn color, mixed with white, which we have in some instances seen crop outin one of later days. We have also seen a very fe
. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. redominating over the red; red roan, withthe red prevailing over the white, as either may over the other in different degrees; red andwhite flecked, or spotted in every possible way. The red may also vary in shade from light,or yellow-red, into the deepest mahogany. The old-fashioned short-horns sometimes showeda drab-dun, or fawn color, mixed with white, which we have in some instances seen crop outin one of later days. We have also seen a very few instances of dark brown roanâalmostsmoky in shade, among those of excellent quality, and unimpeachable pedigree. But theclear white, and full red colors, either by themselves or intermixed in various beautiful andpicturesque proportions, are the prevailing colors of our own time. It tlius appears that this breed differs from most others in the symmetry and rotundityof its carcass, as well as the small amount of bone and offal that it has, in proportion to theamount of flesh it is capable of producing that may be converted into good The above cut represents the head of Aurora, a beautiful specimen of this breedformerly owned by H. G. White, of South Framingham, Mass. An American agriculturalauthority recently writes from England, that the great mass of British short-horns are roans,and these often light roans; next to the roans he thinks the whites would come; then red andwhite, with the reds last. In order to verify his opinion, he took the trouble to notice thecatalogues of the Kilburn and Perth shows, and found that, of 76 bulls entered at Kilbum,49 were roans, 14 white, 10 red and white, and 3 red; of 90 cows and heifers, 66 were roans,11 red and white, 8 white, and 5 red. For the Perth Show 47 bulls were entered, ofwhich 31 were roan, 9 white, 3 red and white, and 3 red; of 43 cows, 29 were roan, 6red and white, 6 red, and 4 white. Thus of a total of 256 short-hor
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