Cowchat: Highland Cattle and the Broads

Highland cattle have been reared in Norfolk for centuries. Daniel Defoe wrote in 1723:

"These Scots runts, so they call them, coming out of the cold and barren mountains of the Highlands of Scotland feed so eagerly on the rich pasture in these marshes, that they thrive in an unusual manner and grow monstrously fat; and the beef is so delicious to taste that the inhabitants prefer 'em to English cattle, which are much bigger and fairer to look at. Some have told me there are above 40,000 of these Scots cattle fed in this country every year, and most of them between Norwich, Beccles and Great Yarmouth."

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Posted By: Tombs on November 2nd 2020 at 17:15:48

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Cowchat: Highland Cattle and the Broads (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 2, 17:15:48
- Red poll are the proper east Anglian cattle (General Chat) - Claygate_Canary, Nov 2, 18:25:31
  - ^owns the Elvedon Estate (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Nov 2, 18:32:05
    - Nice wheels (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 2, 18:37:59
  - Sussex cattle was an answer on (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Nov 2, 18:31:49
    - Pointless today. Go Sussex! (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Nov 2, 18:32:55
      - was the question, (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Nov 2, 19:22:54
    - University Challenge? (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Nov 2, 18:32:49
  - Oooo (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 2, 18:28:04
    - I have a man who does that for me! (General Chat) - Claygate_Canary, Nov 2, 19:18:06
      - Ok cool, that’s my language (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 2, 19:44:44
      - It’s basically let them eat grass in the summer (General Chat) - Claygate_Canary, Nov 2, 19:28:59
- That's great stuff, cheers (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 2, 18:23:34
  - ^loves a Scottish runt (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Nov 2, 18:33:24
  - climate criminal (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Nov 2, 18:30:25
- Mooooooooooooooo! (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Nov 2, 18:19:17
  - Moo Leitner (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 2, 18:45:02
  - Your mating call? x (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Nov 2, 18:29:11
- My rural uncle breeds them (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 2, 17:28:57
  - Blimey! (General Chat) - Huge Small, Nov 2, 18:27:54
  - ‘I’m trapped under a cow! I feel an udder on my leg’ (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Nov 2, 17:48:34
    - partridge? (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 2, 18:08:23
      - Call Cliff Thorburn (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Nov 2, 18:46:35
- More Defoe on Norfolk and Norwich (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 2, 17:27:14
  - Is he related to Jermain? (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Nov 2, 18:13:33

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