. Agriculture for southern schools. Fig. -A Hereford Even grade animals of the beef breeds are better thanscrubs because they grow larger, mature earlier, and afforda larger proportion of valuable meat. All these advantagescan be obtained by the purchase of a pure-bred sire. 292 AGRICULTURE. BEEF CATTLE 293 The Hereford breed. — These cattle are sometimes calledWhite Faces (Fig. 189). The face, breast, legs, under-portion, and part of the neck are white; most of the bodyis red. The Hereford is a very valuable and popular breedand has been found especially satisfactory for the Westernranges. Th
. Agriculture for southern schools. Fig. -A Hereford Even grade animals of the beef breeds are better thanscrubs because they grow larger, mature earlier, and afforda larger proportion of valuable meat. All these advantagescan be obtained by the purchase of a pure-bred sire. 292 AGRICULTURE. BEEF CATTLE 293 The Hereford breed. — These cattle are sometimes calledWhite Faces (Fig. 189). The face, breast, legs, under-portion, and part of the neck are white; most of the bodyis red. The Hereford is a very valuable and popular breedand has been found especially satisfactory for the Westernranges. The AberdeenrAngus breed. — Other popular names forthis breed are Polled Angus and Black Polled. The coloris black over the entire body. There are no horns; evenamong the half-blood Angus grades very few animals havehorns. In size, the Angus is slightly below the Herefordand Shorthorn. It has a very blocky, rounded body. TheGalloway,(Fig. 191) is another black, hornless-rbreed. The Shorthorn breed. —The horns are short, and in thecow they are gracefully curved. The principal colors are(i) solid red, (2) red and white mixed, and (3) roan, that is,a mottling of red and white. The Shorthorns are widelydistributed over the United States. They are most valu-able for beef, but in some
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