. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 482 THE CLOVEN-HOOFED ANIMALS. broad, and the tail moderately long. The legs are especially stoutly and strongly developed, long, but not clumsy. The horns are short, weak, and usually turn outward and forward; the coloring is pied, the white or grayish white ground showing black or sometimes brown or red spots, of varying size and shape. In Holland this Ox has been bred for cen- turies. It is distinguished for its abundant yield of milk, and is easily fattened. The Durham or The Durham or Short-horned breed English Short- of Engla
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 482 THE CLOVEN-HOOFED ANIMALS. broad, and the tail moderately long. The legs are especially stoutly and strongly developed, long, but not clumsy. The horns are short, weak, and usually turn outward and forward; the coloring is pied, the white or grayish white ground showing black or sometimes brown or red spots, of varying size and shape. In Holland this Ox has been bred for cen- turies. It is distinguished for its abundant yield of milk, and is easily fattened. The Durham or The Durham or Short-horned breed English Short- of England {Bos taurus dunelmensis) horn. jj-,ay be mentioned as a not exactly handsome product of continued systematical breed- ing. It is, in fact, an Ox with no symmetry of pro- portions—a shapeless animal—with a small head,. Wild Cattle in the United States. FREIBURG OR SWISS OX. A well developed, sturdy animal is the Freiburg Ox, which is typical of the Alpine Cattle. It is a short-horned variety, has a thick neck with a prominent dewlap, a small head and the white ground color of its sides shows several dark spots. (,Bos taurus friburgensis.) very weak horns, a straight back and short legs, a thick neck and unwieldy body, bred especially to furnish the greatest possible amount of beef when fattened and butchered. The coloring of the short, smooth hair is subject to much variation. Originally the Durham was bred almost exclusively in the east- ern coast counties of England; now it is to be seen in all the counties of England and Ireland and oc- casionally in Germany, Holland and France [and is also nurnerous in the United States]. In the yield of milk it is inferior to many of the other breeds, but in the production of beef it surpasses them all. Oxen Easily Re- With as much ease as that with which uert to a Wild a wild Ox is tamed and reduced to a State. state of domesticity, the domestic Ox reverts to the habits of the original species, when it escapes from the supervision a
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