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In your valuable paper, / rc.uain, yours truly,
III Tho cause OF coninun honesty,> i
UnlcAoo, Jan. 70, 1879. JOINT WtLsoN.
THE FIELD AND STABLE.
1roIotcin cnrslc, or aho Unstio Of tho
Atturtnl DsstrictS OF the DuchT OF
ltOl6ttiNs

AlhNFsAA DSstftCkN OF tho DuCHF OF
1nolstti1h.
Ft3ns Our Otan Correspondent.
MAs4EArrAs Aan., Jan. II, 1873.
uoLBTEIN CATTLE.
Wo cannot spoak Of " "I1olBtoin oattlo" ns a dis
tnct brecd; on tho contrary, tho cnttlo OF tho
Duchy OF Hostoin may bo divided into ut loaat
eight dlf!eront kinds or varieties, ne,thor OF
which can DO considered, at tho present tfmo. as
dofnfto md distinct brood, for nll those varie.
tics hnvo beon mixed moro OF loss. -Four OF thcm
have thoir original homo on tho n1luvial soil near
tho soa.coas anl four on tho sandy soil Ia tho In
torIor and eastern parts Of tho Duchy Of Holstctu
IN the Duohy Of Bleswig, and In tho Danlsh
Province Of Jut1and Tho former arc tho cattle
Of Eldorstodt, Of Dithmaraohon, Of Dreltenburg
and Of the Wilstor1narsch. Tho latter four VI.
rioioB aro alBo nasnod after those placcs In which
they have yet moro or lcss preserved their or1gl"
mi characteriatice, and arc known US tho Cattle
otAngeln, OF Toudorn, Of ofIladorsloben and Of Jut~
land. Dut as those latter are inferior animals, and
probably novor will DO imported into this coun-
try, they aro Of much less interest to us than
those raised on tho alluyIal portions Of the
Duchy Of Ho1stesn. Honco, will conflne my
solf to q brief description Of tho four first.
named varietlos; for theso We muse consider as
being OF special Interest for two reasone. AT
first, the na1no "1Iolstoin cattle ia sotnetlmos,
though very erronoously, given, in this country,
to tho largo blaols-and-white Lowland cattle OF
Holland, Ostfrealand, and 0ldenburg; and,
second, "11olstoin Cattle DreodorB' Aaaocia-
tion, somewhere In Massachusetts, protcnda ~
import cattlo from tho Duchy Of Hostotl,. and Is
publishing un1asola Cattle Hend'hook,
j. THE CATTLE or R1pEAsTEpT,
arc found on both sdce OF tho mouth Of tho
Tr.h<1 t., At,,.lH
excellent work on EUROPEAN cattlo, doscrtbo
theBo cattle as follows: "tThe cattIo exlsting at
proscnt at the mouth Of tho niyor Elder arc
claimed to bo prodnota Of repeated crossings of
tho native animals with Shorthorna. Tho head
is somewhut different from that OF the Lowland
brood 1t Is shorter, and broader in the tore-
head; tho horns, however, have tho form and
direction or those Of Tho Lowlnnd animals; tho
neck Is Of medium length, broad below,
and proY'dod with a moderately large dewlnp;
tho breast Is broad and strong; tho shoulders
are foshy; tho ribs arc woll archcd, but tho
body is somewhat shorter than that Of tho Low
land cattle Of Holland tho hind qunrtors arc
broad and teshy. Tho color Is generally blnok
spotted. Tho calves nro vol ralaed, and receivo
during the frat two weelka tho sweat milk OF
tholr dams, but, after tint, have to eubBiat on
sklmm cd and warmed milk diluted with warm
wator). At all ago OF ono or two month";, the Same
arc turned out to pasture. Tho heera are fattenod
In tile pasture whom three Or four yoars old,
according to their development, and obtain q
100 to 200 pounds Of tafow. A groas many
atnors arc imported every year from the sandy
uplands, especially from Tontlern and Jut!and.
II. THE CATTLE OF D1TAMAnsCNEF.
Tint part Of the Duchy Of Holstein which OK
tonas along tho coast from Eidorstedt Bouthward
to tho mouth of the Riyor Elbe Ia known by tho
namo Of Dithmarschon. According to Fnorston-
borg and Rohae, tho cattle Of Dithmnraohon
hayo black spotted or dirk brown spotted
color, arc somewhat smaller than tho cattle
Of Eiderstedt, and give about ono:third
of milk loas than tho latter. Their tendency
to fatten, howovor, is just aa good, and animalB
well fattonod are not raro. The calves, also. aro
all raised without regard to sex. for breeding for
the ahambles is at the prcsont day almost tho
solo object Of tho farmer in tho Western part Of
Ho{stoin.
III. TIE CATTLE OF nnEtrENnUna AND OF TIE
W1LBrERnIANscE.
These two Varieties OF cattle arc nearly re1at-
a. ana .1,e raf hn e.d 81" nt Teay sn
nro Mt homo In ono aud tho Same district (or, aa
we would say, county,, called steinburg. Tho
WSs;eEn I 9, hs seat f. 6s
permarsh, Which contains the city OF Brolten:-
burg Tho former joins DitAmarsehen toward
tho north, and tho latter joins the sandy up
lands. Tho Cattle of tho "llHtermarsch are tho
larger and moro valuable oDes /; tho animals ex.
hibit mora OF loHs, tho Emo and good forma OF
the Lowland breed, havo q long aud narrow
head. with flne horns, o middling long neols,
growing broad toward the body, vide breast
and aeahy shoulders, well-roundoa and deep
body, ntrong but rnther short legs, broad and
1oshy hind-quartors, mud good milk-nirror.
Tho color il brown spotted, and tho skin fine
and soft. Female animals are able
to 5eaoh !, 1 live live ,s ,wsoight ~ o. }a,u loo 100
old hoifers, that have beon we'll fattened in the
rich pastures OF TINT talluyia country, roach fre-
quontiy q not weight Of 800 pounds Of beef and
120oftallow. Tho cattle Of Wilatormarech are con-
of Holston and .possass at the Hen'e timo, as
much tendency to fatton az ia probably consist
ent with good milking qMasities.
Tho cattlo OF lroitonburg arc nearly Us large,
ful md foshy forms tho head IL somewhat
shorter and heavier; tho horns are thicker the
mock ia longer, brondor toward tho body, and
not us tnpering toward the head /; the breast Is
nS tR M he e sanSr GnK Ss S gs
and not as broad and noshy as TINT Of tho cattle
of tho Wilstormarsch. Tie position Of foot and
legs is faultleHH, aud tho whole animal has
strong bones anil powerful muscles honco may
be looked npon as conneeting lsnls bstween tho
much moro feminine looking dairy cattle of tho
Lowl1nds and tho moro vigorous and bony cat
flo Of tho billy and mountainous countrion Of
Middle Europe. among MI tho cattle III tho
Duchy Of Holsteln, those Of tho ,Yilsto1narsch
hayo the most similarity with the shorshorns, Al
we'll in regard to external forn1s aa to tho color
Of tho horns aiid Of the muzxlo. The BRETON
burger cattlo havo gonorally black muzzles,
To all those readers of 'FTho Fiold aud sta-
bio" who aso acquainted with tho large black
and-whito csttlo Of tho Lowlands OF Holland,
Ostfriealand, md Oldonbnrg, tho differences bo-
twoon tho lastnanol cattie nud tile cuttto OF tho
al1uyial tlistricts of llolstein muut Ut onco be-
come apparont. l will, therefore, only remark
translation from Floretcuborga md Rohdes' re-
Gently published work on cattle, and that tho
otor part IL also In strict accordance Will. their
statanlonts. will further romnrlt that the higl-
ost yiuld Of milk given by q llolsein COW, in
ono year, IL, according to tho Ban,o AUTHORITY,
not oxceoding 900 quarts, while Lowland COW
OF Holland haa given q, ,l40 p,laftA in ono year,
notwithstanding that the lattor wap fea in the
stable. u tho same Ind been tested on tho f,ch h
Weld. undoubtedly, would layo been still larger
TEYEhlSANsAN.