6 FIRST LESSONS IN DAIRYING 



gather the venous blood into ever enlarging veins, 

 until it is collected in large veins just under the 

 skin and surrounding the upper part of the udder 

 much like a rope tied around it. From this sur- 

 rounding vein, or rather group of veins, for, accord- 



THE VEINS AROUND THE BASE OF THE UDDER 



ing to Bitting, there are from fourteen to seventeen 

 of them, large veins run from the fore part and 

 posterior part of the udder back to the heart. 

 These are the so-called milk veins. They do not 

 contain milk, but are an indication of the milk- 

 making capacity of the udder, in so far as they 



