Volume 3

Royal Army Service Corps training.

Date:
1933-
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Royal Army Service Corps training. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    td ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS TRAINING VOL. III (SUPPLIES) 1933 CHAPTER I CATTLE, SHEED. AND. FRESH) MEAT 1. Classification of British breeds of catile and sheep 1. It is difficult to classify the breeds of cattle exactly, as different strains vary greatly: but the following is usually accepted :— Beef cattle.—Some strains of shorthorns ; Hereford, Aberdeen- Angus, Devon, Sussex, West Highland and Galloway. Dual purpose cattle —Some strains of shorthorns ; Lincoln- shire red shorthorn, red poll, South Devon, Welsh black, longhorn and dexter. Dairy cattle—Dairy shorthorns, Ayrshire, Jersey, Guernsey, British Friesian and Kerry. 2. The British breeds of sheep are classified in various ways; the most common plan is to divide them into long- woolled, down and mountain breeds. Longwoolled breeds.— The chief are the Leicester, Border Leicester, Lincoln, Romney Marsh, Cotswold, Wensleydale, South Devon, Devon Longwool and Rosscommon. Down breeds.—YVhe chief are South Down, Shropshire, Suffolk, Hampshire, Oxford and Dorset Downs. With the down breeds may be included the Dorset Horn, Ryeland Western and Kerry Hill. Mountain breeds.—The chief are the Scotch blackface, with the allied Lonk, Derbyshire gritstone, Rough Fell, Swaledale, Limestone and Penistone, Cheviot, Welsh mountain, Radnor, Herdwick, Exmoor horn and Dartmoor. 3. Full details of the above-mentioned breeds of cattle and sheep are given in British Breeds of Live Stock, issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. 4, Details of the national mark scheme for grading home- killed beef are also issued by that Ministry.