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ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE 



Most important of all, she has a large, well-shaped 

 udder. The floor of the udder is straight and 

 extends well forward and well backward, too. The 



Fig. 13. The dairy type (Jerseys). 



udder is soft and fine. The teats are evenly placed 

 and of medium size. The buyer should milk out a 

 few streams to see that the openings are not so 

 small as to make her a hard milker. The milk veins 

 which extend forward from the udder should be 

 large, with many branches, because they supply the 

 blood from which the udder secretes the milk. 



The Jersey Type. The Jersey cow (Fig. 13) is 

 famous the world over for her rich milk. These 

 cows were the first dairy animals to become popular 

 in our country. They change a large part of their 

 food into milk instead of into flesh or fat. Jersey 

 milk is the richest of all. The Jersey heifer matures 



