It has been a while since an animal has been featured on Greensboro Daily Photo. And so, this weekend, we drove around the countryside on a quest to find an animal to feature. Just north of Greensboro, beyond the Highway 220 and 68 split, we found a pasture full of the above breed of cows. The cows were seen together in a pasture grazing happily. The one in the photo was particularly interesting, with that off-center blaze on her face. Perhaps it is the smaller ears, the large head, the color, or the muscular nature of this cow, but, she looks like she could be a cousin to a hippopotamus.
A google search indicates that these might be Maine Anjou cows. If so, they were bred in the 19th century in France and known as a dual purpose breed, as they are good for both beef and milk. At any rate, they looked very happy and healthy and if, indeed, the herd was Maine Anjou, that would be pretty exciting to have them here in the area, as approximately 2/3 of the population of 60,000 is in France.
Within the first couple months of Greensboro Daily Photo, back in 2009, we uncovered a fold of Scottish Kyloes living in Greensboro. It is interesting to ponder how people get interested in a certain breed of cattle, and how they decide to raise them locally.
I can't recall hearing of that breed before.
Posted by: William Kendall | Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 10:15 AM