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utilize : British Whites are medium - size of it kick cattle about the tiptop and size of Herefords or Angus . Both sexes are docile , prolific , and extra - friendly ; even heifer calve with ease . They ’re long - lived , fat ( owners say these cows produce more pounds of calf per acre than any other stock in existence ) , and they fly high on middling pasture . Another bonus : they tend to stay put ; they do n’t challenge poor fences the manner some other breeds do .
History : A great deal of mix-up surrounds the descent of British clean cattle . However , thanks to recent blood protein subject field we have it away one matter is certain : they are not descended from Britain ’s horned White Park cattle ( known as Ancient White Park Bos taurus in North America ) as their counsellor once believed . Most bovid historians think British White kine retrace their root to eight- or ninth - hundred Scandinavia and that Viking traders may have stockpile them to the British Isles . What ’s certain is that the British White herdbook was established in England in 1918 , where the breed is now flourish as never before . However , on the threshold of World War II , British fanciers fear for their cattle ’s natural selection . As a hedge against disaster , they ship five Bos taurus and a pig to a prison house farm in Pennsylvania . These animals , plus British Whites imported during the 1700 ’s , and several more bulls import from England during the twentieth century , spring the foundation of today ’s American White Park and British White herd . In 1975 , a register imprint , scream itself the White Park Cattle Association of America ( it ’s now called the American British White Park Association ) . The original name created considerable confusion since the breed is descended from British Whites instead of White Park cattle , so when a 2nd group formed in 1987 , organizers call it the British White Cattle Association of America .
contour : British blank Bos taurus are white with black pointedness ( nose , heart , ears , teats , and lower front branch ) and some cattle have scattered spots of black along their sides . at times a red - pointed or line - plump for sura is deliver and this has occurred throughout the breed ’s history . Most are polled ( naturally hornless ) although three- to five - percent are horned ( the American British White Park Association register horned cattle , the British White Cattle Association of America does not ) , and rudimentary cornet call scurs sometimes occur .
Special Considerations / Notes : British White Cattle are idealistic for the farmer who wants to produce a set of tasty beef ( particularly constitutive or dope - fed beef ) but who does n’t care to take with spooky cattle .
