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of the cow's ability to give milk. The holes where they enter 

 the abdomen near the front legs are called the "milk wells/' 

 On the whole, a good dairy animal gives the impression of 

 being rather poor and bony. 



Live stock men say that the beef animal is parallelogrammic 

 in form; that is, any view that one may take of the animal 



48. HOOD FARM POGIS 9th 55552. A TYPICAL JERSEY BULL. 

 By courtesy of Hood Farm, Lowell, Mass. 



gives the rough outline of a rectangle, while the dairy animal 

 shows the wedge form. The good dairy type shows a wedge 

 form in three directions: 1. When viewed from the side, the 

 animal is deeper behind than in front. 2. If one stands in 

 front of the animal, it shows thicker through from side to 

 side at the back than it does in front. 3. If looked down upon 

 the body is thicker below than it is above. 



1. Jersey. — Jersey cattle are more largely kept in America 



