. Cattle. Cattle; Cattle. THE WEST HIGHLANDERS. haps, docility of temper; and that will be acquired when improve- ments in agriculture have rendered it unnecessary for the beast to wander so far over so wild a country, in search of food, and when he will be earlier and more perfectly domesticated. The Highlander, however, must be reared for the grazier alone. Every attention to increase his weight, in order to make him capable of agricultural labor—every effort to qualify him for the dairy, will not only lessen his hardiness of constitution and propensity to fatten, but will fail in rendering
. Cattle. Cattle; Cattle. THE WEST HIGHLANDERS. haps, docility of temper; and that will be acquired when improve- ments in agriculture have rendered it unnecessary for the beast to wander so far over so wild a country, in search of food, and when he will be earlier and more perfectly domesticated. The Highlander, however, must be reared for the grazier alone. Every attention to increase his weight, in order to make him capable of agricultural labor—every effort to qualify him for the dairy, will not only lessen his hardiness of constitution and propensity to fatten, but will fail in rendering him valuable for the purpose at which the farmer foolishly aims. The character of the Highlander must still be, that he will pay better for his quantity of food than any other breed, and will fatten where any other breed would only live. This is the secret of profitably breeding or grazing the Highland THE WEST HIGHLAND FAT OX. The management both of the cow and her calf depend much on the object Avhich the breeder principally pursues. If he studies the character of his stock, he makes little butter and cheese, and generally rears a calf for every cow, giving it the greater part of her milk. A likely bull-calf is sometimes allowed the milk of two cows for a con- siderable time, and often for six months. When the calves are weaned, they are fed on the hills during the summer, and brought on the lower grounds in winter; and, if the pasture is not good, they are occasionally fed with straw and hay. It is after the first winter that the absurd and cruel system of overstocking and starvation com- 3. 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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