. Biggle cow book;. Cow. [from old catalog]. BREEDS. 19 the spotted. The Brown Schwytzer was imported in 1869, and at once made a good record. The Simmen- thal (Simmenthaler) or Bernese cow is a larger animal, and differently marked, hav- ing irregular and sharply de- fined spots or bars of red, yellow or drab. This breed has a high repute for useful- ness as work oxen, and is an excellent strain for the dairy. brown swiss cow. The American Holderness breed (first herd book published in 1880) is said to have wholly descended from an imported bull and cow of Holder- ness stock from Yorkshire, E
. Biggle cow book;. Cow. [from old catalog]. BREEDS. 19 the spotted. The Brown Schwytzer was imported in 1869, and at once made a good record. The Simmen- thal (Simmenthaler) or Bernese cow is a larger animal, and differently marked, hav- ing irregular and sharply de- fined spots or bars of red, yellow or drab. This breed has a high repute for useful- ness as work oxen, and is an excellent strain for the dairy. brown swiss cow. The American Holderness breed (first herd book published in 1880) is said to have wholly descended from an imported bull and cow of Holder- ness stock from Yorkshire, England. The best pedigree for the poor man is performance.âJohn Tucker. Native. More than nine-tenths of the cows of the United States are so-called natives or scrubs. The latter term is widely used in the West and South; the former is a better name, more applicable to a useful animal. Our native cow is the '': iolS^MiiiMTfoe, ~ â product of various Euro- pean importations. Cattle were brought here in 1609 from the West Indies; in 1625 from Holland; in 1627 from Sweden; in 1631 from Denmark. The old Den- marks were light yellow; the Dutch black and white; the Spanish and Welsh generally black; the Devons red. The latter were the foundation stock in some states. Denmark crossed with Spanish made a dark. 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 Biggle, Jacob. [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, W. Atkinson co.
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