. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. THE POINTS OF CATTLE. 445 Fig. 442. pressive, the horns fine, tapering, and sharp-pointed, and the entire counte- nance agreeable. His color was light-brown, brindled with black stripes. The skin of the nose and around the eyes dark-flesh color. The slouch- ing position of the horns is very common in the Long-Horn breed ; they are brown, with a few reddish streaks, and tipped with brownish- black. Another breed to which much attention has been p
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. THE POINTS OF CATTLE. 445 Fig. 442. pressive, the horns fine, tapering, and sharp-pointed, and the entire counte- nance agreeable. His color was light-brown, brindled with black stripes. The skin of the nose and around the eyes dark-flesh color. The slouch- ing position of the horns is very common in the Long-Horn breed ; they are brown, with a few reddish streaks, and tipped with brownish- black. Another breed to which much attention has been paid, is the Hereford, which has long been famed for its excellent steers. Fig. 442 is the portrait of the head of a Hereford ox which belonged to Mr. S. Druce of Ensham, in Oxfordshire, and was shown at Ox ford, at the Show of the Royal Agricul- tural Society of England, in July, 1839, when 4 years 4 months old. It will at once be observed that the muzzle is fine, the eye large and full, and the horns small, tapering, and sharp-pointed. A white face is quite common in the Hereford breed, with white horns, and brownish red points. The body is either dark or light-red and white, a common color, or a dark rich chestnut-brown, which is becoming fash- ionable. The skin on the nose and around the eyes is fine flesh-color. The West-Highland has long been famed in Scotland as a superior breed of cattle. They have most of the points of the Short-Horns in the body, which is covered with shaggy hair, that bids defiance to the keenest blasts and the most drenching rains. Fig. 443 gives an idea of the head of an _j. THE HEAD OF A HEREFORD OX. 443. ox belonging to Mr. Campbell of Jura, which was shown with another, as a pair, at the High- land and Agricultural Society's Show at Inverness, in October, 1839. It will be observed that the muzzle is fine, eye large and full, and the horns small, tapering, sharp-pointed, white, and tipped with black. The color of the body is usually black, sometim
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