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they agree in their rear mirrors, and they agree also in 

 udders of great capacity, these being deep and broad, 

 and running well forward under the body. 



" There is a point on which they differ : the hair on 

 Duchess is soft and furry as a mole, that of Rosa is 

 fairly fine, but still hair. 



*' So that in a word one can say, soft hair, a large mir- 

 ror and a yellow skin are desirable, but there may be 

 choice cows not conspicuous for either. 



"To show how we sometimes let our best animals 

 slip, I will add diat when Rosa was a heifer I was 

 tempted to part with her for what seemed a great price 

 — ^500. In about two weeks she had a heifer calf, for 

 which her owner was offered $150. When three years 

 old she had a second heifer which he sold for ^180, and 

 when four years old she had a third heifer calf, which 

 he sold for gioo. He then sold his place and all his 

 stock, and I bought her at public sale for $375 for her 

 beauty. Her pale skin deceived me as to her butter 

 quality, and her, as I thought, deficient mirror misled 

 me as to her large yield. She now, as a five-year old, 

 has her fourth calf, which is a bull and some two months 

 old. 



" In giving above her yield, I gave also her feed. 

 vSuch is her constitution and appetite that I think she 

 would have eaten half as much more, and in that way 

 her yield might have been very much increased. It 

 was good enough as it was, particularly as there have 

 been choice cows so forced that, though the premium 



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