. Cattle. Cattle; Cattle. 54 CATTLE. and excellent at work, and good milkers. These were desirable qualities, and particularly as mingling Avith the Highland breed. Accordingly, bulls from Fife were introduced into Aberdeen, and the progeny so answered as to be generally adopted, and become the foundation of what is now regarded as the Aberdeenshire native KINTORE OX, FATTED. The horns do not taper so finely, nor stand so much upward as in the West Highlanders, and they are also whiter; the hair is shorter and thinner; the ribs cannot be said to be flat, but the chest is deeper in prop
. Cattle. Cattle; Cattle. 54 CATTLE. and excellent at work, and good milkers. These were desirable qualities, and particularly as mingling Avith the Highland breed. Accordingly, bulls from Fife were introduced into Aberdeen, and the progeny so answered as to be generally adopted, and become the foundation of what is now regarded as the Aberdeenshire native KINTORE OX, FATTED. The horns do not taper so finely, nor stand so much upward as in the West Highlanders, and they are also whiter; the hair is shorter and thinner; the ribs cannot be said to be flat, but the chest is deeper in proportion to the circumference ; and the buttock and thighs are likewise thinner. The color is usually black, but some- times brindled : they are heavier in carcass; they give a larger quan- tity of milk ; but they do not attain maturity so early as the West Highlanders, nor is their flesh quite so beautifully marbled : yet, at a proper age, they fatten as readily as the others, not only on good pasture, but on that which is somewhat 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 Youatt, William, 1776-1847; Martin, W. C. L. (William Charles Linnaeus), 1798-1864, joint author; Stevens, A. ed. New-York, C. M. Saxton
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