Cattle 1853 - Lewis Family Farm

SUSSEX BREED. 35
turn up at the .tips ; the neek very thin and clean made ; a small leg
a straight top and bottom, with round and -springing ribs"; thick
chine ; loin, hips, and rump wide .
; shoulder flat—but the projection
of the point of the shoulder is not liked, as the cattle subject to this
defect are usually coarse ; the legs should be rather short ; carcass
large ; the tail should be level with the rump.
THE SUSSEX COW.
The Sussex cow does not answer for the dairy. Although hei
milk is of very good quality, it is so inferior in quantity to that o!
the Holderness or the Suffolk, that she is little regarded for the
making of butter or cheese.
There is one great fault about the Sussex cows, seemingly inconsistent
with their propensity to fatten, and which cannot be remedied.
Their countenance" indicates an unquiet temper; and they are often
restless and dissatisfied, prowling about the hedge-rows, and endeavoring
to, break pasture, and especially if they, are taken from the
farm on which they were bred.
They are principally kept as breeders, all the use being made of
them at the same time as dairy cows of which circumstances will
admit. And it cannot be denied that they are generally in fair con-
dition, even while they are milking ; and that no beasts, except their
kindred, the Devons and the Herefords, will thrive so speedily after
they are dried. The secretion of milk being stopped, the Sussex
cow will fatten even quicker than the ox. It must, however, be acknowledged
that the Sussex cows are not perfect, even as breeders
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