English: Gurta the Ayrshire cow
Identifier: breedsoflivestoc00sand (find matches)
Title: The breeds of live stock, and the principles of heredity ..
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Sanders, James Harvey, 1832-1899. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Livestock
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Sanders publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation
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AYRSHIRE COW GURTA 4th it8i. Calved 1879; bred by Thomas Guy, of Canada. This cow is adeep milker, having a record of 50 lbs. of milk per clay, and sheweighs nearly 1,200 lbs. She has been among the most prominentof the representatives of her breed at many of the leading live-stock shows of Canada and the United States. Owned by Messrs.Coldren & Lee, Iowa City, la. Sketched from life by Palmer. (418)
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CHAPTER XVIII. OTHER BREEDS OF CATTLE. WEST HIGHLANDERS. This shaggy, picturesque breed, so popular in the West High-lands of Scotland, has been but sparingly introduced into the UnitedStates. Their probable relationship to the polled breeds of . Scot-land, especially the Galloway, is referred to on page 328 of thisvolume. They are undoubtedly descended from the native cattleof that country, and are among the most hardy of all known breedsof the bovine race. They are small, with long horns, and coveredwith a heavy, shaggy growth of long, fine hair, giving them a mostpicturesque appearance. The beef produced by this breed is ofunusual excellence. They are of various colors, dun, brown andblack predominating. KERRY CATTLE. The Kerry cattle of Ireland, a few of which have been broughtto this country, are found chiefly in the mountainous County ofKerry, the most westerly land of Europe, and are described by Lowas being generally black, with a white ridge along the spine, a char-acter agre
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