VAN PELT'S COW DEMONSTRATION 



Milk the Cow 



More than one judge of wide reputation has given first 

 and championship prizes to cows of very inferior merit be- 

 cause he was so confident of his knowledge that he believed 

 it useless to have them milked before completing the ex- 

 amination. Many a man has purchased a cow and never dis- 

 covered her worthlessness in one or more quarters of her udder 

 until she has been paid for and no recourse remained. 



During the examination the observer should proceed 

 promptly but he should not hurry. Although alert to dis- 

 cover the lesson told by each part, he should go about his 

 work in a manner so careful and quiet that at no time will he 

 disturb the animal under consideration. 



After considerable experience has been obtained little 

 time is consumed in the process. It is well to acquire the 

 habit of learning with certainty all that is to be known of 

 the animal in the shortest possible time and to decide upon 

 its merits without too much deliberation, for there is a danger 

 of the judgment tiring. When this is the case wonder and 

 guessing enter into all decisions, rendering them either ques- 

 tionable or faultv. 



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