The evolution of British cattle and the fashioning of breeds

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The evolution of British cattle and the fashioning of breeds (1909)
James Wilson
3335321The evolution of British cattle and the fashioning of breeds1909James Wilson


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



CONTENTS

page
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



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

page
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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