Cattle of Near-Harad

Not as ubiquitous in Near Harad as sheep and goats, cattle are nonetheless important to the utarf. The bullock protects the herd and breeds new cattle. The ox, a bull shorn of his manhood as a young calf, pulls the peasant's plough and cart. The cow provides more milk than a ewe and more fertilizer than a goat. When worn out from bearing calves, she can be sold to the sihadin as beef, providing hard cash for the peasant. The hides of all cattle provide the best common leather in Harad. The hump-shoulder Haruzan breed is the most common, standing shoulder-high to a Bozishnarod, grey-brown in color, protecting itself with short, high horns. The Dúnedain of Harondor prefer a larger breed, the Summerland brown, with a straight back and broader, more massive horns. For a greater variety of leather, the horn and hide dealers of Harad look to the black, white, and spotted animals brought over the eastern mountans into Lurmsakun by Variag and Chey drovers every summer.