. Dr. David Roberts' practical home veterinarian. Veterinary medicine. 26 A STUDY OF BREEDS OF CATTLE. of living and the increase of the population. The increase must be not only in quality, but there must also be an improvement in quality. The demand of the present day is for an improvement in everything, and the beef and dairy products cannot be behind the demands of the country. To meet these demands the stock raiser must bend his energies to improve his stock in every way, keeping them in a strong, healthy condition, caring for them in a proper manner, and endeavoring at all times to produ
. Dr. David Roberts' practical home veterinarian. Veterinary medicine. 26 A STUDY OF BREEDS OF CATTLE. of living and the increase of the population. The increase must be not only in quality, but there must also be an improvement in quality. The demand of the present day is for an improvement in everything, and the beef and dairy products cannot be behind the demands of the country. To meet these demands the stock raiser must bend his energies to improve his stock in every way, keeping them in a strong, healthy condition, caring for them in a proper manner, and endeavoring at all times to produce the best quality possible. At the present time there are 75,000,000 head of cattle in this country, consisting largely of the following breeds: A STUDY OF BREEDS OF CATTLE. AYRSHIRE CATTLE. This breed of Scotch dairy cattle originated under the rugged conditions of Ayrshire, and in their type and general characteristics they exemplify the form and quality animal required to make the most economical use of their food, and do the best under conditions too severe for finer and more delicate cattle. The fine cut features of the face, brightness of eye, upturned horn, thin neck, fine shoulders, good heart and lung capacity, straight back, strong loin, large abdomen (showing food capacity) long, broad hips, large evenly balanced udder, large well placed teats and well- developed mammary glands, a soft, loose skin of medium thickness covered with a thick coating of fine hair, equal red and white or brown and white or verging to nearly all white, are the chief characteristics of the breed in appearance. In temperament they are docile, yet in their whole bearing there is noticeable an alertness pecuhar to no other Ayrshire. ANGUS CATTLE. The Angus, a beef breed, are natives of Scotland. They have no horns and are black in color, having a thick, short, but sleek coating of hair. They are handsome cattle and of splendid conformation. They are not as large as some of the other b
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