Characteristics of Cattle.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 5, 21 June 1883, Page 3

Characteristics of Cattle.

The Jerseys and Guernseys excel in richness of milk and fine butter qualities. The latter are larger milkers, but the milk is rich. ( he bulls make good crosses on native cows, and the steers fjuteo rapidly. The Ayrshires are good milkers, and will do well on short pastures. Their milk is better f<ir cheese than for butter. Shorthorns are eminently the beef breed, being of large size ana early maturity. Besides being profitable for either butter or cheese making, the cows, when dried off, fatten remarkably easy, and n>ake beef of prime quality. The bulls are handsome, and excellent to grade up native stock. The Devons are quiet similar to the Herefords in respect to milking qualities, but smaller in size, and of a deep red color. As working oxen, they are celebrated, bein^ muscular and active. They are thrifty growers, and mature early ; their btef is of prime quality. Tut polled cattle are profitable for beef especially in the prairies of the West and their meat is superior in quality The cows' milk is rich, but it is no* produced in very great quantities, The Holsteins or Dutch cattle art noted for excellent milking qualities coupled with the capabilities of making good beef. Their peculiar mark ings make th°m attractive to the eye. — JKxchange.