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titles of milk and butter. Pauline* Paul, a Holstein Fresian cow, pro- 

 duced 1,143 pounds of butter in 365 days. Signal's Lily Flag, a 

 Jersey, produced 1,047 pounds of butter in one year. These cows all 

 have a distinctive form and that form is best described perhaps by 

 saying that the animals are wedge shaped. They are wedge shaped 

 when viewed from the front ; they are wedge shaped also when viewed 

 from the side and they are wedge shaped when viewed from above. 

 That is, the withers are sharp, and the distance through the heart 

 is large, thus giving us the wedge shaped appearance in front. When 

 viewed frcJm the side, the large pelvic regions and udder are so much 

 deeper than is the depth of the forequarters that we have also a wedge 



Fig. 2. Another View of Comassie, Sliowing a Wonderful Development of Dairy Form. 



shaped appearance from the side. Then if we look down upon these 

 animals we see that the hips are wide and that the lines drawn from 

 the hips to the withers converge, thus giving us the third wedge 

 shape when looked at from above. This form is always present in 

 the best dairy animals. A mistake is sometimes made, however, par- 

 ticularly in viewing the wedge shape from the side ; it must not be 

 supposed that shallow forequarters are desirable, but the wedge shape 

 should always be brought about by the increased depth of the hind 

 quarters and abdominal development of the cow. This typical form 

 is highly important. See Figs, i and 2 for a high development of the 



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