The Dairy Cow. 



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Hair and. Skin. — The skin should he soft and comparatively 

 thin, while it must be thickly planted with short, silky hair. Such 

 hair and skin indicate the fineness of the dairy cow. 



Escutcheon. — Must be hig'h, wide, and spreading. Viewing the 

 animal from behind, the escutcheon is indicated by the hair on the 

 thighs and the region of the cow above the udder, which runs up 

 instead of down. It is supposed that the hair growing like that on 

 those parts is due to the artery which passes there. Though a well- 

 developed escutcheon is not a sure indication of a good milker, it 

 certainly is some indication, and in ninety-nine cases out of a 

 hundred it will be found that the cow with the good escutcheon will 

 also possess most of the points M^e are looking for in a dairy cow. 



[Photo Med. Nederl. Rvrulvee. 

 Fig. II. — A good type of Dairy Cow. 



The Dairy Bull. 



The points to look for in the bull are more or less the same as in 

 the cow, only the animal should have a stronger appearance. A 

 bull must have a manly appearance. Occasionally bulls are found, 

 bred out of very high producing stock, that at a distance it is 

 difficult to see whether it is a bull or not. Such a bull is too feminine 

 in appearance as a sire. He may be of a good milking strain, but 

 it is very dubious whether he will have the strength to stamp his 

 progeny with his good qualities. 



A thing to look for in the bull is the rudimentary teats, placed 

 just in front of the scrotum. These should be well developed and 

 squarely placed, being an indication that his heifers will have 



