Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-03-01
Ffarn' ann bousebolo.
?:..e3 Cattle.

In recent number OF the Country
Gst'sHat. writer expresses some in
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aaI -a ioHrua. On Shori-IIorn breed
.-... "a.ow.a- Lis horn. a, he as
-...-. pr another breed ui cattle q, the
.e.e. d. tH- ~h5t-lorns. in that he
aa improved breed of polled
~- l- thinks m.g surPa,s the
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f. ..ea Ea1.i~l 'ie1i Is blowing at
Ill. Ills very er.dea; BE j. blowing no
i @fi doing -, hc ha, my -bc-,
vs-a- .ul cordial support. for L.rns OF
a- e.a'-. aul particularly those on our
a-ue~s.. animals. find no favor with
l. .-ll- strange tina; more of our Am
cric4H farmers have not seen the ady2n-
ta-c o.. possessing an improved breed Of
poles cattle. ! believe that anv farmer
VINO ha. owned herd Of these cattle, 50
quiet and Tcaccable. 50 easily herded
ana handled under all circumstances, -
compared with horned cattle, will never
wished 10 lave horned animal on his
l.-.o. Especially docs this apply TO the
Ba..-. Any one who has handled these
bra-e- OF the horned tribe, knows how
le.Hou. j. the task, but with polled
bu-.> we lind the leading staff unneces-
sarE. \ man can take hold OF the ring
IN tie nose and lead one anywhere.
During The past summer, owing to
tie long severe drouth, our usual liberal
supply 81 brook and spring water failed
and a herd OF forty cows was obliged to
obtain drink from boxes supplied with
PIPE water was pleased to see the
p5llcd cattle crowd around one of these
boxes, six or eight drinking at once,
while at a similar box Oh the other 81 lie
q tie fence, a horned COW monopolized
the whole thing. and after drinking her
n, seemed TO find pleasure in standing
There and keeping away the weaker
one~, which were almost choked with
this-t. We notice the same advantage
with polled cattle in the occupation o.
shed in cold or stormy weather.
Few farmers have given the matter
amy thought, nearly all the cattle in the
country beng horned, and if they &C.
casionally see Il poI!ed animal, they look
upon II merely a. an oddity, and think
no more Of it. am sorry to say that
generally our native polled cattle are
far from attractive in appearance. An
expression. however. we often hear
from farmer, in different sections. with
reference 10 the dairy qualities of the
native polIed COW, is that they never
knew 4 poor one. am glad to know
that Til. worthy but much neglected
species Of cattle has found favor with a
leW thoughtful. and enterprising men in
TIL, country. a2il the breed has been
greatly improved by c.clul breeding,
bu- a. Set tlare has been no fixed type,
and 10 unity Of action on the part of
such breedss. IN some sections of
Great Britain. however. polIed cattle
have been bred for long time with
great care, and there are in that country
al least two distinct breeds of fixed
form and type that are truly thorough
bred. These are the Norfolk and Suf-
folk Reds and the Galloways or Black
Scotch. The former are very superior
for the dairy, giving a large quantity OF
Iieh milk, and when dry, fattsn readily.
The latter have long been favorite beef
cattle ia Scotland and north of England.
The introduction of these cattle into
this country has given new impulse to
the improvement of the polled varieties
here. The progeny from a crss. of the
polled bull on horned COW very rarely
has horns, and herd of these animals
can soon be bred, at small expense
Goubt not that the polled varieties will
take their proper place in this country,
as they are doing in the old country, as
being one of the most desirable of our
breeds of domestic cattle. = Country
Gentleman.