. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Rural School Leaflet 857 LESSONS ON THE COW I. THE COLORS OF COWS E. S. Savage URE-bred cows constitute only about per cent of the cows raised in New York State. This number should be increased, for it costs T^l-,~f" ^° niore to keep pure-bred animals than grade ' ZJ» animals; and the profit from pure-bred animals \[ I is Hkcly to be la
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Rural School Leaflet 857 LESSONS ON THE COW I. THE COLORS OF COWS E. S. Savage URE-bred cows constitute only about per cent of the cows raised in New York State. This number should be increased, for it costs T^l-,~f" ^° niore to keep pure-bred animals than grade ' ZJ» animals; and the profit from pure-bred animals \[ I is Hkcly to be larger than that from grades. Furthermore, it is a great satisfaction to own a fine, pure-bred herd of cows. Let us teach boys and girls to recognize the four leading dairy breeds of cattle and the four leading beef breeds. The lessons will give some interesting study in color and in markings, and the young persons will make a beginning on observation of cattle in the neighborhood. The four great dairy breeds in New York State, in order of numbers of cows, are the Holstein-Friesian, called simply Holstein, the Jersey, the Guernsey, and the Ayrshire. The color of the pure-bred animals in each of these breeds is always the same within rather narrow limits. A pure- bred Jersey would never be mistaken for a Holstein or an Ayrshire, and very rarely indeed would she be mistaken for a Guernsey by any one with any real knowledge of the breeds. This color characteristic is the one, perhaps, which is surely transmitted from father and mother to offspring among pure-bred animals. Among grade animals, the color, in most cases, will be that of the breed of which the grade animal carries the most blood. We may first discuss the color of each of the separate dairy breeds, and then of the leading beef breeds. One way to become famihar with the different breeds of cattle is to see, as often as possible, copies of farm papers that give considerable attention to live-stock production. The d
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