The evolution of British cattle and the fashioning of breeds
THE EVOLUTION OF
BRITISH CATTLE
AND
THE FASHIONING OF BREEDS
BY
JAMES WILSON, M.A., B.Sc.
PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURE IN
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE FOR IRELAND, DUBLIN
LONDON
VINTON & COMPANY, Ltd.
8, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, E.C.
1909
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| I. | Bos Primigenius | 1 |
| II. | Bos Longifrons | 15 |
| III. | The Roman Contingent | 25 |
| IV. | The Anglo-Saxons | 38 |
| V. | The Norse Contingent | 45 |
| VI. | The Dutch Invasion | 70 |
| VII. | The Foundlings | 83 |
| VIII. | The Melting-Pot | 88 |
| IX. | The Dutch Supremacy | 102 |
| X. | Bakewell | 110 |
| XI. | Blending and Sorting | 122 |
| XII. | Speculations | 136 |
| Index | 145 |
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| Bos Primigenius, from Burwell Fen, Cambridge | 11 |
| Bos Primigenius (Side View), from Burwell Fen, Cambridge | 11 |
| Bos Longifrons, from Sweden | 17 |
| Bos Longifrons, from Switzerland | 18 |
| Bos Longifrons, from Burwell Fen, Cambridge | 19 |
| Bos Longifrons, from Ireland | 20 |
| Romano-British Skull, with Upturning Horn-cores, from Reach Fen, Cambridge | 26 |
| Roman Ox, from a Painting on a Wall in Pompeii | 29 |
| Old Egyptian Cattle | 29 |
| Sicilian Ox | 29 |
| Italian Ox | 29 |
| Ancient Egyptian Cattle | 30 |
| Old Glamorgan Cow | 31 |
| Abergavenny Bullock | 31 |
| Old Derbyshire Bull | 31 |
| Modern Italian Bull | 32 |
| Chillingham Bull | 32 |
| Map of the British Islands showing the Locations of the Herds in Harting's List and also the Approximate Direction of Green's Line | 36 |
| The Durham Dun Cow | 52 |
| Burghead Bulls | 63 |
| Hornless Skull, from the Dunshaughlin Crannoge | 63 |
| Swedish Fjåll Cow | 69 |
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