Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-03-13


The Ayrshire breed of cattle come from
Scotland. They are not large, but round,
symmetrical and handsome. They will
thrive and do well on pastures, or in a
range. where the Short Horns would Ian
guish. That is to say, they are remark
ably hardy. In this respect, at least, they
would suit East Tennessee. 1t is conced-
ed that no breed of stock will yield so
much milk rs they on the same amount of
food. They excel in the quantity of their
milk, though its quality is not equal to
that of several other races. For milk for
market, and for cheese, they confessedly
stand at the head of the list. They are
now to be found everywhere in New Eng
land and New York ; and it is to be hoped
that some of enterprising dairymen will
introduce this superior breed into our
midst.
The Channel Islands cattle, embracing
Jerseys, Attorneys and Guernseys, are the
most noted of all cattle, both in England
and the United States, for their rich milk,
and the butter producing qualities. For
merly all these different breeds were
known in this country as Attorneys. But
they are distinct races, though much alike
in many respects, and especially the Jer-
seys aud the Alderneys. The Island of
Jersey being much larger than the other
neighboring Islands, very many more are
imported from that Island than from the
others. The Guernseys are very distinct
from the other two breeds, being larger,
coarser, and not so handsome. They are,
however, quite their equals for butter, and
some persons assert that they are superior.
But these three breeds are valuable alone
for the large yield of remarkably rich
milk, giving remarkably large percent
age of rich cream, and for the great length
of time they keep up most uniform flow
of milk. In these respects they have no
equals. For family purposes, or for butter,
thew And hlf-
ter interest is one, or should be one, of the
great industries of our people.
The Holstein cattle are quite unknown
to our people, and there are but few of
them in the United States. They are,
however, now attracting considerable at
Their color is pure black with white spots.
AS dairy animals, both for butter and
cheese, they are pre-eminent. They have
been bred for these purposes for many
generations, and have been brought to
high state of excellence. For beef they
are also quite respectable. The introduce
ton of such a breed of stock into our midst
would be quite an acquisition. Indeed, as
L remarked last week, the introduction of
any Jair breed is a step forward. Away
with our mongrel scrub stock.
The Devons are beautiful race of pure
red cattle, making tender, excellent beef,
giving fair results as milkers, and espec-
tally distinguished for their working quail
tiles. They make the best oxen in the
world. On the whole, they have many
excellent points to recommend them. They
are hardy, and peculiarly adapted to ahilly
district.
The Herefords are large breed, make
fine beef and good oxen, but are poor dairy
stock. They have no special excellence
that distinguishes them above other breeds.
The peculiar and distinguishing merits
of the different breeds of cattle may be
summed up as follows: The Short Horns
for beef, the Jerseys, Attorneys and Guern-
seys for rich cream and butter, the Ayr
shfres for the large quantity of milk, the
Holsteins both for excellent butter and
cheese and the Devons as oxen. T.