. The American farmer's hand-book ... Agriculture. CHAPTER VII. DOMESTIC OR FARM ANIMALS. THE EEARINQ, BEKEDING, DISEASES, AND GENERAL OF THE BULL—THE OX — THE COW SHEEP SWINE THE HORSE THE ASS THE MULE THB GOAT THB DOG IN ALL THEIR STANDARD VARIETIES; WITH A MONTHLY CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. I. HORNED OR NEAT CATTLE. Breeding and Rearing. — The objects to be kept in view, in breeding cat- tle, are a form either well adapted to fatten, for producing milk, or for labor. These three objects have each of them engaged the attention of Fig. agriculturists ; but experience has not altogeth
. The American farmer's hand-book ... Agriculture. CHAPTER VII. DOMESTIC OR FARM ANIMALS. THE EEARINQ, BEKEDING, DISEASES, AND GENERAL OF THE BULL—THE OX — THE COW SHEEP SWINE THE HORSE THE ASS THE MULE THB GOAT THB DOG IN ALL THEIR STANDARD VARIETIES; WITH A MONTHLY CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. I. HORNED OR NEAT CATTLE. Breeding and Rearing. — The objects to be kept in view, in breeding cat- tle, are a form either well adapted to fatten, for producing milk, or for labor. These three objects have each of them engaged the attention of Fig. agriculturists ; but experience has not altogether justified the expectation that has been entertained of combining all these desirable properties, in an eminent degree, in the same race. Tliat form which indicates the property of yielding the most milk differs materially from that which we know, from experience, to be combined with early maturity and the most valuable car- cass ; and the breeds which are understood to give the greatest weight of meat for the food they consume, and to contain the least proportion of ofTkl, are not those which possess, in the highest degree, the strength and activity required in beasts of labor. A disposition to fatten, and a tendency to yield a large quantity of milk, cannot be united. The form of the animal most remarkable for the first is vftry different from that of the other ; — in place 27 * (317). 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 O'Neill, F. W. , ed; Williams, H. L. , ed. New York, R. Worthington
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