Denmark's Dairy Cows.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 February 1911, Page 4

Denmark's Dairy Cows.

The million dairy cows of Dem mark are confined almost exclusively in two breeds—the Danish Red, of Zealand and the islands, and the Jyske, or black and white cow of Jutland. Both of these have been developed within the last thirty-five years, from the native stock of' tho country, by careful selection for milk production. Tho red cow is a product of a- cross of Sehleswig blood on the native rather scrubby cattle. The result is a race of fine dairy cattle weighing from 1000 to 1100 pounds. 'They are dark red with black muzzle, medium size, deep body, medium bone, fine skin, and well-developed, iiidder and veins. The blacks and whites of Jutlan (have boon doveloped from the beef breed used in earlier times. They are a larger breed than the red cows, resembling the Holstoin-Friesians in colour and size, but are shorter in leg and deeper in body than the Dutch cow._ Both of these heeds have a distinctively dairy conformation and are good, economical producers.