Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-25
Cattle Show at Vienna.

one of the American Commission.
ers at Vienna, writes home some in
teresting letters. We copy from
the Prairie Farmer this notice of
the exhibition Of stock at that great
Worlds show:
AS already observed, when speak
ing of the arrangements, the stock
is classed by nationalities, and
grouped according to race. They
must be brought forward, in this
hasty review, by their relationships,
and tie countries will only be
named incidentally. 1t will appear
that some races have become wide
ly spread, while others are charac-
tcristic of the countries where they
originated, and to which they APP
pear to be confined.
Commencing with the famous
Short horns of England, we find
them well represented here by old
and new importations,an by crosses
of the former, which show their
value as improvers of the native
stock. This race stands preeminent
among all the animals exhibited, in
perfection of form, and prob IDLY
also in feeding qualities and ten
dency to fatten at an early age.
The choice animals brought here
have been all sold at good prices.
Next in Importance and value
came the Hollanders, or Friesland
cattle, usually black and white, with
slender necks, handsome counte-
nances, long bodies, and apparently
excellent mixers. These animals
are chiefly from Germany, and are
evidently favorites. Some of them
are well fattened. There are some
varieties with different names and
other tints than the clear black and
white, but all these show their Hol-,
lander origin.
Some of the prettiest stock was of
the Sweitzer race, in which the
mouse color prevailed. The ami
mails were of medium size, and very
neat, good mixers, light and active.
The Simmenthalers, on the con-
trary, German-Swiss, are heavy,
very large, with an early tendency
to fatten, and coarser in the neck.
They are usually of a yellowish red,
with a little white. Many different
races were brought from Tyrol,
such as the Patznauer, Kemater,
Kitzblicher, Oberinthaler, Tiroler,
Sterginger, &C., but though they
contain some good animals, perhaps
well adapted to the lands whence
they came, they offer little induce
ments to us to import them into our
country except as mixers.
Among the German cattle, cspcc-
tally those of the south, are the Mox-
tafuners, Limmethalcrs and Badens,
many of which are whitish and
light fawn colors, which tints ap.
pear to prevail over wide regions.
In Austria, however, there are other
races which seem to be intermedi-
ate between the western stock and
the less civilized races to the east
ward. Those called the Podolis-
cher race are of a silver grey. The
Murzthalers are also grey, some of
them Badger grey, while the Mari
ahofer race, of Syria, are Uemel-
farbig) loaf color, light dingy yell
lowish shade, sometimes nearly
white, and the Pinzganers, from the
same region are spotted red and
white, and sometimes with white
backs and faces like the Herefords,
but of different proportions. There
were many of all these races on OK
hibition that deserve commenda-
ton, but are disposed to be coarse.
Some fine animals from Italy
should be mentioned, but race was
not given. The cows from Turin
were large and handsome, with
soft skins covered with pale yellow,
set off to good advantage by jet
black switch and horns. Some oxen
from Reggie were very good.
A large collection of the native
cattle of Hungary attracted univcr-
sal attention by their size, their un-
cultivated forms, their low breed
ing, but at the same time, by their
size, and especially by the length Of
their enormous horns. These are
the characteristic cattle of the east
ern plains of the Danube, where
they are used as beasts of burden.
Some ofthcm at six and seven years
were fattened into a good condition,
but the most gratifying results have
followed by crossing with the Short
horns, as shown by the fat oxen ex-
hibited as grades.
Another step backward in the his
tory of these animals, brings us to
the original buffalo, which is also
here, both black and white-exceed-
ingly unattractive to the COW fan
cier, but interesting to the natura-
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