Cattle 1853 - Lewis Family Farm

THE POLLED GALLOWAYS. CT
ent from any other part I am acquainted with, for they do not cas-
trate them until they are about a year old." They are now generally*
spayed much earlier than they used to be, but some of the breeders
adhere to the old custom.
The young cattle are rarely housed after the first winter ; they
are on their pastures day and night, but in cold weather, they receive
hay and straw in the fields, supporting themselves otherwise on
the foggage left unconsumed after the summer grass. Many of the
farmers are beginning to~learn their true interest, and the pastures
are not so much overstocked in summer as they used to be, and a
portion of herbage is left for the cattle'in the winter; therefore, although
the beasts are not in high condition in the spring, they have
materially increased in size, and are in a proper state to be trans-
ferred to the rich pastures of the lower district.
GALLOWAY COW.
The Galloway cows are not good milkers ; but although, the
quantity of the milk is not great, it is rich in quality, and yields a
large proportion of butter. A cow that gives from twelve to sixteen
quarts per day is considered very superior, and that quantity produces
more than a pound and a half of butter. The average, however,
of a Galloway cow cannot be reckoned at more than .six or
eight quarts per day, during the five summer months after feeding
her calf. During the next four months she does not give more than
half that quantity, and for two or three months she is dry.
It has been said that the young (galloway cattle are more exposed
than others to Redwater, particularly on grass lands wanting lime.