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medium bone, fine skin and well developed ndder and veins. The Black 

 and Whites of Jutland have been developed from the beef breed in use 

 in earlier times. They are a larger breed than the Red cow, resembling 

 the Holstein-Freisians in color and size, but are shorter in leg and deeper 

 in body than the Dutch cow. Both of these breeds have a distinctively 

 dairy conformation and are good, economical producers. 



Interior Danish cow stable. 



The development of the breeds to such a high degree in twenty- 

 five to thirty years has been due to the farmers' skill, intelligence and 

 common sense in selecting and breeding for milk production alone, and 

 the efficiency of these cows is a most striking exampe of what may be 

 accomplished in a short time if good, systematic work is done and 

 common sense and judgment are exercised. While many of the bulls 

 used are young and untried, they are always individuals of merit and 



Large herd of Danish red cows tethered in second crop clover, August 3. 



