. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. Goon Dutch with the heavy-milking Hojstcins or abundant butter-making Jerseys or Guernse\'s. We should not be doing justice to the Dcrou Cf)w were we to omit her from this list. She came early to our land from England and for a century has been a loyal helper in the building up of this country. Till recent years this breed took the place of horses on many farms : cleared the land and plowed it; hauled the trees over fields of snow Gron
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. Goon Dutch with the heavy-milking Hojstcins or abundant butter-making Jerseys or Guernse\'s. We should not be doing justice to the Dcrou Cf)w were we to omit her from this list. She came early to our land from England and for a century has been a loyal helper in the building up of this country. Till recent years this breed took the place of horses on many farms : cleared the land and plowed it; hauled the trees over fields of snow Gronin'gen Bull and rough roads that lum-. CoRNELiA XXVII, Celebrated Dutch Milch Cow ber might be sawed ; and not content with doing this rough labor the De\'on has been also an admirable milch cow. With the coming of the improved special breeds, howexer, the Devon has been displaced for both milk and beef, and unless her friends direct her into one of these channels, her race will soon be run ; but it will be the ending of a glorious race, worthy of the magnificent ani- mal the Devon has been. The Dutclt-beltcd cows belong to the Mol- stein-Friesian class, but are inferior to the parent stock. The belt of white around lier body gives an attractive appearance, but adds nothing to her ability as a milk producer. As a competitor with our special breeds the Dutch- belted will always be outclassed ; she must Digitized by IVIicrosoft®. 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 Voogt, Gos de, 1863-1918; Wormeley, Katharine Prescott; Burkett, Charles William, 1873- ed. Boston, Ginn & Company
Size: 1887px × 1324px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorburkettcharleswilliam, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900
