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- Herausgeber: Old Pond Books
- Kategorie: Lebensstil
- Sprache: Englisch
Jack has researched 41 of the breeds of cattle which you would be most likely to see grazing Britain's farms. They are presented here in a handy reference guide. For each animal, he gives a description of their appearance, a brief history and considers their uses today. In this title, each text is accompanied by a full page colour picture of the animals in their natural environments. Only the size of a postcard, the book fits into small hands or the rucksack or pocket of the interested rambler. It is the perfect gift for adults and children alike. "Know Your Cattle" is the third book in the popular "Know Your" series. In this series, "Know Your Sheep" and "Know Your Tractors" are also available.
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Contents
Acknowledgements
I am indebted to many cattle breeders and breed societies for their help in producing this book.
Picture Credits
(1) Kellythorpe Aberdeen Angus, (2) Ayrshire Cattle Society, (3) British Blue Belgian Cattle Society, (4) Temple Newsam Home Farm (Leeds City Council), (5) British Bazadaise Cattle Society, (6) British Blonde Society, (7) Angela Hamilton, (8) CIMARRON Brown Swiss, (9) The British Charolais Cattle Society, (10) Chillingham Wild Cattle Association, (11) The Devon Cattle Breeders Society, (12) Mark Bowles, (13) RE Archer Farms Ltd, (14) Helen McCann, (15) American Gelbvieh Association, (16) Gloucester Cattle Society, (17) English Guernsey Cattle Society, (18) Hereford, (19) Highland, (20) Holstein UK, (21) Irish Moiled Cattle Society, (22) National Milk Records, (23) The Kerry Cattle Society, (24) British Limousin Cattle Society, (25) Lincoln Red Cattle Society, (26) The Longhorn Cattle Society, (27) Luing Cattle Society, (28) Ben Beddoes, Dairy Dreams (29) Montbeliarde Cattle Society – Peter Bridge, (30) Murray Grey Beef Cattle Society, (31) The British Parthenais Cattle Society, (32) Craig Culley, (33) Wendy Robbins and Ian Stennett, (34) Callander Salers of Crieff, (35) Shetland Cattle Breeders Society, (36) Shorthorn Society, (37) British Simmental Cattle Society, (38) South Devon Herd Book Society, (39) The Sussex Cattle Society, (40) Temple Newsam Home Farm (Leeds City Council), (41) David Wynne-Finch, (42) www.rhuddelwelshblack.co.uk, (43) Temple Newsam Home Farm (Leeds City Council), (44) The Whitebred Shorthorn Society, (Aurochs) Porlock Visitor’s Centre. The Longhorn Cattle Society, (Aurochs) Porlock Visitor’s Centre.
Foreword
Milk comes in bottles and cartons from the supermarket. Everybody knows that. When a group of children on a school trip were taken into a milking parlour they were amazed and shocked in equal proportions. Years of belief gone in a flash.
We have in the British Isles many different breeds of cattle, each with its own society or association. I have tried with their help to give you a glimpse of the tremendous diversity of cattle in these islands.
Some have been here for a thousand years while others are just off the boat, mainly from Europe. The purity of the Jersey breed is jealously guarded, unlike that of the black and white Holstein cow and its Friesian cousin; their complex relationship would need Sherlock Holmes to unravel.
Some breeds are as rare as the Giant Panda, others are more numerous — but all need our protection. In this book I have adopted the Rare Breeds Survival Trust classification to show the vulnerability of each breed. Many of the breeds in this book will become extinct if we do not support British producers by visiting farmers’ markets and farm shops.
JACK BYARDBradford, 2008
1.
Aberdeen Angus
Native to
The British Isles
Now found
On most continents
Protection category
Description
The Aberdeen Angus is predominantly black but red does occur. They are without horns, polled.
The Aberdeen Angus originated in North-East Scotland in the early 19th century and descends from the two local breeds of black cattle known as Hummlies and Doddies. Hugh Watson of Keillor in Angus is considered to be the originator of the breed. He bought quality stock from near and far then used only the finest polled black animals for his breeding stock. In 1842 ‘Old Jock’, Watson’s favourite bull, was born. Another star of the herd, a cow called ‘Old Granny’, was born in 1824 and is said to have lived for 35 years and given birth to 29 calves. Most of today’s Aberdeen Angus can be traced back to these two animals.
The breed has a reputation for quality beef, established with the help of William McCombie. McCombie founded a herd based on Keillor stock and produced outstanding cattle which he showed in England and France. Development and improvement have continued into the 20th century.
2.
Ayrshire
Native to
The county of Ayr in Scotland
Now found
Throughout the British Isles and on most continents
Description
The Ayrshire is any shade of red or brown with white. The patches are jagged at the edges and cover the entire body.
The improvement and development of the breed began in the mid 18th century when the native breed was crossed with Teeswater and Channel Island cattle. During this period, it was known as the Dunlop and then the Cunningham before becoming the Ayrshire.
