. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. C|uality much desired in beef animals ; theyare fair grazers, though probably not C|uiteso good as the Hereford, and as meat pro-ducers they excel both the Shorthorn and theHereford. All Anguses are black in color and hornless,block) in shape, and compact with short legs ; should be bright, the face short, the bones offine texture, tlie skin soft and pliable, and theflesh mellow, elastic, and rich in c|uality. The fact that it is not ])ossihle for everyfarmer to possess pure-bred cattle is no reasonwhy he should not imi^rove t
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. C|uality much desired in beef animals ; theyare fair grazers, though probably not C|uiteso good as the Hereford, and as meat pro-ducers they excel both the Shorthorn and theHereford. All Anguses are black in color and hornless,block) in shape, and compact with short legs ; should be bright, the face short, the bones offine texture, tlie skin soft and pliable, and theflesh mellow, elastic, and rich in c|uality. The fact that it is not ])ossihle for everyfarmer to possess pure-bred cattle is no reasonwhy he should not imi^rove the stock he can do this by securing pure-bred sires 2l8 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS. Hornless Cattle that possess the characteristics desired. Scrubstock can be quicl<ly improved by the contin-uous use of good sires. It is never wise touse grade or cross-bred sires, since they donot possess stable characteristics. iVIoreover, it is possible for every farmer todetermine exactly the producing power of his dairy cows. When cows are milked the milkshould be weighed and a record kept of it. Ifthis is done it will be found that some cowsproduce as much as one thousand gallons ormore, while others produce not more thanone half or even one fourth that quantity. Ifa farmer will kill or sell his poor cows and
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