West-Jersey pioneer., 1872-12-20
fl NORFOLK RED CATTLE.

They are straight and broad in the back,
and nearly level from the head to the rump.
They are round in the ribs. ami also be-
tween the shoulders and the ribs, or the
ribs ard the loins. They are broad in the
loins. without any large projecting hook
bones. In, roundness of bone and fuiness
of ribs they will compare with any breed,
and also in the proportion of the loins to
the hook-bones, or protuberances of the
ribs. They are long in the quarters and
ribs, and deep in the chest, but not broad
in the twist The slightest inspection will
show that there is less space between the
hook and hip-bone and the ribs than in
most other breeds-a consideration of much
Importance; for the advantage of length of
carcase consists in the animal being well
ribbed home or as little space as possible
lost in the flank. @
The Norfolk Red is short in the leg, and
moderately fine in the shank bones, with a
hardness, and disposition to fatten. No
breed is SO large and muscular above the
knee, with room for deep, broad, and
capacious chest. The neck is thin almost
| to fault.
The skin is loose and mellow, and clothed
with long, soft, silky hair, and handles soft
and kindly; SO much so that even on the
moorland farms their hides little indicate
| the privations they undergo.
In roundness of barrel, and fulness OF
ribs, the Norfolk Red cattle may perhaps
vie with even the most improved breeds.
AS now improved, they fatten as kindly,
and mature about as early, as short horns;
and those families which are bred for the
dairy are as good mixers as the best Ayr
shires. Added to this they are very hardy,
and the most docile of all British cattle.
These are great merits, and it is no wonder
that they are not only spreading rapidly
now in England, but that they are also ex-
porting them in considerable numbers into
foreign countries. Among all other British
races which we have latterly been import,
ing into the United States, it is II matter Of
surprise that our countrymen have entirely
overlooked the highly meritorious Norfolk
/ Polled. -,-t ..e.. s.-
A cross of the improved Norfolk bull
would be the very best possible to make on
the wild, long horned, Texas cows. The
offspring of such cross would generally
come without horns in the second genera
ton, would fatten much more kindly thar
the pure Texan, would mature at least two
years earlier, and their beef would be wortl
from 25 to 60 per cent. more per pound il
the Eastern markets. Then it would be Sc
much easier to herd and handle these docilt
animals on the ranch than the wild, semi
savage. cattle of the great plains; and, il
the absence of horns, scarce ever an acci
dent or injury would occur among them
and the cost of transportation to market
would be considerably lessened. Thus, the
! gain of breeding Polled over Horned cattle
would be millions of dollars annually te
/ the ranchmen of the West, if they coulG
be induced generally to adopt them. Wha
is the use of horns among cattle, except K
gore and rip each other Up, and make then
dangerous to everything around.
The Improved Norfolk Reds must not b.
4 confounded with those of neighborins
county usually called Suffolks, as the latte
are greatly inferior to the former in breed
j ing, and are also of different colors, varpinl
as in the United States, from dull yellow
to a dun, brown, brindle, and also min
Cling of these colors with more or les
white. % ~