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the hind udder eleven points, and the teats are given ten points, 

 making thirty-four points given to the udder and teats of the 

 cow. I want to ask you whether the score card is a myth or a 

 practical thing; whether it is based upon the working parts of 

 the animal or what we might term unimportant parts. You will 

 see that the eyes and horns together count for but one point. 

 This is assuming that the eyes are not wild or staring and that 

 the cow has horns, at least. If she has not good eyesight, of 

 course she is shut out as a blemished animal. Do you know, 

 my friends, that when the American Jersey Cattle Club was first 

 established, years ago, it was considered an important point that 

 the horns should be small, incurving and waxy, that the tail 

 should be black and should trail, and that the tongue and roof of 

 the mouth should be black? There was a time when if the 

 switch did not drag on the ground, if the tongue and the roof of 

 the mouth were not black, or if the horns were horny rather than 

 waxy, it would take $100 off from the value of the cow. This 

 was the case in the great Cooper sales of New York. 



But after a few years the Jersey cow became a worker for the 

 people, and then she began to be regarded as a practical animal, 

 a money maker. There has been a great change in this respect. 

 The score card has become a utility card ; but it is not a score 

 card of the dairy cow in general, but of each particular breed. 

 We are talking about the score card for the Jersey cow, and 

 there are important points in the Jersey cow that do not fall out 

 of sight as they might in the dair}^ cow. If we had a large udder 

 on the dairy cow, that reached well up behind, with four large, 

 long, well-shaped, well-placed teats, and if she had a large bar- 

 rel, a good deal of constitution, and a good skin, it was about all 

 we could ask for, because it is about all that would have to do 

 with production. But when we come to the Jersey cow we have 

 some other important points that must be given valuation, and 

 what is true of the Jersey cow is true of the Ayrshire, the Hol- 

 stein, and all the other breeds. A different score card must be 

 used for each breed. 



We will now look at the score card for the Jersey cow in 

 detail. The judge commences with the head. He first looks 

 the cow in the face to see if she a fine face, representing effem- 

 inacy and constitution. He looks at the width between the eyes, 

 because he wants a large storehouse for the brain. The head 



