Archive image from page 45 of Dairy farming being the. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying dairyfarmingbein00shel Year: 1880 CHAPTER II. Breeds of Cattle : Siiortiiorxs, Ayrsiiikes. Origin and Early History of Shorthorns—The Early Breeders—BakewcU Inaujjurates a New Era in Breeding—The Colling:s and their Work—Ucniarkablc Sales of Shorthorns—Points of the Shorthorn—Origin and History of the 'Alloy'—Has not AIRitici the Hacc—Impressive Power of Shorthorns—Neglect in many instances of Milking Qualities—The Shorthorn a Good Milker Naturally—Summary of Shorthorn Q
Archive image from page 45 of Dairy farming being the. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying dairyfarmingbein00shel Year: 1880 CHAPTER II. Breeds of Cattle : Siiortiiorxs, Ayrsiiikes. Origin and Early History of Shorthorns—The Early Breeders—BakewcU Inaujjurates a New Era in Breeding—The Colling:s and their Work—Ucniarkablc Sales of Shorthorns—Points of the Shorthorn—Origin and History of the 'Alloy'—Has not AIRitici the Hacc—Impressive Power of Shorthorns—Neglect in many instances of Milking Qualities—The Shorthorn a Good Milker Naturally—Summary of Shorthorn Qualities—Ayrshire Cattle—Their Probable Origin—Establishment of a Herd-book—Keeent Improvements in the Breed-Its Rapid Extension—The Ayrshire not necessarily a Bad Feeder—Produces Good Cross-breeds—Points of a Good Ayrshire Cow—Some Practical Remarks—and Statistics—Summary. 1KI<] the rest of our native ami distinct breeds of cattle, Sliort- liorns owe, in no small measure, their special features and elia- racteristics to the influence of soil and climate in that part of the country which may be rpfjarded as their original home. Now-a- days their home is everywhere; but tlie counties of Durham, York, 'Westmore- land, and Northumberland claim the proud distinction of having produced them as a breetl, and for a long time they bore the name of ' Durham cattle.' By the climatic and geological influences, whatever they may be, of the district covered by those counties they were originally moulded ; yet, more than most of our other breeds, they are sup]iosed to be indebted to long bygone crosses with foreign cattle. ' Saxon, and Norman, and Dane are we,' and in a limited sense the same may be said of Shorthorn cattle; for the old Scandinavian conquerors of Britain, coming from the west and north of Europe, not only mingled their own blood with ours, but, it is supposed, l)rought some of their large, raw-boned, coarse- fleshed, sh
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