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Rural School Leaflet 



It must not be supposed that these two types arc entirely distinct 

 or separate, for the cows of the beef type always give some milk, and 

 animals of the dairy type will furnish bocf of reasonably good quality 

 when properly fattened. Then, too, while the types may be readily 

 recognized in the best-developed individuals of either, there are a great 

 many animals of intermediate form that would be difficult to assign 

 to either t>'pe, since the two types tend to merge into each other Ij}- \xry 

 slight gradations. 



The chief differences in form that distinguisli ihc beef and the dairy 

 types are: 



Holstein-Friesian. Dairy type 



1. Outline of body, especially as viewed from the side. 



2. Depth and sinoothness of flesh. 



3. Size of udder and external blood vessels connected therewith. 



In the beef form, the outline of the body approaches the rectangular. 

 The general direction of the top and bottom lines is straight and ^xarrdlel, 

 and the general dimensions of the body approximate those of a Ijrick; 

 that is, length twice the depth, and depth twice the thickness. 



In the dairy type the general outline of the body is " wedge-shaped 

 from before backward"; that is, the general direction of the top and 

 bottom lines diverges from the front toward the rear. This is brought 

 about by a relatively large development of the hind quarters and some- 



