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verge towards the milk reservoir have received the 

 name of Galactophorus ducts. 



The different quarters of a cow's udder are suppHed 

 by separate arteries with blood. In company with these 

 arteries are numerous veins, the development of which 

 is very marked in some cows. The udder veins dis- 

 charge their blood in great part into the thigh vein, but 

 also in the abdominal vein, which sometimes attains such 

 a considerable size. 



The udder of a cow may be very large, from an abun- 

 dance of the areolar or connective tissue above men- 

 tioned. This constitutes a " fleshy " udder, and is not 

 a desirable quality. If the gland be firm and rich in 

 gland vesicles, with a nice fine skin, it is much to be 

 preferred. 



The fore-quarters of the udder should advance well 

 under the belly, and the teats pointing obliquely out- 

 wards. The back-quarters well up behind and broad. 



With reo^ard to the veins as indications of milkine 

 quality, we can rely less on the so-called ** milk vein " 

 than is often supposed. If large and tortuous, with a 

 considerable opening through the muscles of the belly 

 to admit of its passage outwards, it is frequently con- 

 nected with a rich udder ; but far greater reliance can 

 be placed on the network of veins seen beneath the skin 

 over the fore-quarters of the udder. This characteristic 

 is little noticed by authors, and I have rarely heard 

 dairymen or dealers in cattle speak of it. But both the 

 veins and the udder itself, and those which pass up- 



