STUDENT'S SCORE CARD, SOUTH-EASTERN AGRICULTURAL 

 COLLEGE, WYE, KENT. 



MILCH COWS. (K.J.J.M. and T.R.R.) 



Name or Description of Cow . 

 Weight and Age 



GENERAL APPEARANCE 25 per cent. 



Temperament, active, yet quiet to handle 



Form, distinctly feminine, lighter, in fore-end than in flank or 

 quarter .......... 



Quality and Touch. * Skin soft, moderately thin, very flexible 

 and elastic (handle over the paunch). The whole animal 

 covered with soft, fine hair ....... 



* Skin of an unctuous, oily nature, denoting butter-fat. 



Action, head slightly raised and gracefully carried when 

 walking, movement free from sweeping motion, and active 



Legs, not too long, bone fine, and joints true .... 

 UDDER, MILK VEIN, AND ESCUTCHEON 23 per cent. 

 (All four quarters sound, otherwise disqualifies.) 



An easy milker ......... 



The Bag, carried well forward, extending well up and wide behind 



Teats, wide apart and equidistant from each other, equal in 

 size, well shaped, and of moderate length .... 



The whole Udder showing great capacity . . . . 



Quality, soft and mellow to the touch, covered with loose, 

 elastic, velvet-like skin, showing the veins .... 



Milk Veins, large, prominent, and tortuous . ... 



Escutcheon, wide at thighs, and fine hair running up vertically. 

 Above the hind teats showing two oval patches of down- 

 growing hair 



HEAD AND NECK 6 per cent. 



Horns, fine and waxy, and gracefully 'curved. A yellow base^ 

 indicating quality of milk 



Face, moderately long, clean cut, and lean, wide across forehead 



Eyes, bright and prominent, yet showing gentleness and intel- 

 ligence 



Nose, healthy, with large sensitive nostrils .... 



Ears, fine and mobile, well fringed with hair. Inside of ear 

 yellow . 



Neck, long (compared with beef animals), fine at its junction 

 with the head, and spreading out gracefully to meet the 



shoulders 



FORE QUARTERS 12 per cent. 



Chest, deep, showing plenty of room for heart and lungs . 



Brisket, prominent, Dewlap fine, with loose skin 



Shoulders^ well laid back, fine, close at the points 



Chine, narrow .......... 



BODY 1 8 per cent. 



Back, wedge-shaped when seen from above, of good moderate 

 length 



Ribs, well sprung and deep 



Abdomen, very capacious, but not baggy and unsightly 



Flank, deep and firm to touch ....... 



HIND QUARTERS 1 6 per cent. 



Hips, wide apart and neat (a hollow between spine and point 

 of hips is desirable for milk) iii^Ji 



Quarters, long 



Pin Bones, far apart ......... 



Tail, put on level with the spine, long, fine, and tapering to a 

 point, and showing a good tassel 



Thighs, sinewy, long, thin, and well bent . . . . !- :* 



Total 



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