. The American farmer. A hand-book of agriculture for the farm and garden ... Agriculture. 332 farmer's hajsd-book. not prominent; thigh clean, and regularly tapering ; legs upright and short below the knee, and hock small; feet of middle size; flank large ; flesh everywhere mellow, soft, and yielding pleasantly to the touch, especially on the chine, the shoulder, and the ribs ; hide mellow, supple, of a middle thickness, and loose on the neck and buckle ; coat neatly haired, bright ana silky; color a middle red, with a bald face, characteristic of the true breed. They fatten to a much greater
. The American farmer. A hand-book of agriculture for the farm and garden ... Agriculture. 332 farmer's hajsd-book. not prominent; thigh clean, and regularly tapering ; legs upright and short below the knee, and hock small; feet of middle size; flank large ; flesh everywhere mellow, soft, and yielding pleasantly to the touch, especially on the chine, the shoulder, and the ribs ; hide mellow, supple, of a middle thickness, and loose on the neck and buckle ; coat neatly haired, bright ana silky; color a middle red, with a bald face, characteristic of the true breed. They fatten to a much greater weight than the Devons, and at an early age. They are far worse milkers, however, than the latter, but will thrive and grow fat where a Devon would scarcely live. A cross of the Devon and Hereford will often improve each other, the former acquiring bulk and hardihood, and the latter a finer form and activity. The Hereford cow (Fig. 203) is apparently a very inferior animal. Not only is she a poor milker, but her form is defective, — small, delicate, and ill-made. She is very light-fleshed when in common condition, and Fiff. beyond that, while she is breeding, she is not suflfered to proceed; but when she is actually put up for fattening, she spreads out, and accumulates fat at a most extraordinary rate. The Hereford ox fattens speedily at a very early age, and it is therefore generally more advantageous that he should go to market at three years old than be kept longer to be employed as a beast of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original O'Neill, F. W; Williams, H. L. New York, C. W. Carleton & co.
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