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FUNDAMENTALS OF AGRICULTURE. 



SCORE CARD FOR DAIRY COWS 



Perfect 

 Score 



Student's Corrected 

 Score Score 



GENERAL APPEARANCE: 



FORM, inclined to be wedge shaped 6 



QUALITY, hair fine, soft; skin mellow, loose, medium 



thickness; bone clean, fine 6 



TEMPERAMENT, bright, not sluggish 6 



HEAD AND NECK: 



MUZZLE, clean cut; mouth large; nostrils large. . . . 



EYES, large, bright, full, mild 



FACE, lean, quiet expression, medium length 



FOREHEAD, broad 



EARS, medium size, yellow inside, fine texture 



HORNS, fine texture, waxy 



NECK, fine, medium length, throat clean, light dew- 

 lap 



FOREQUARTERS: 



WITHERS, lean, thin 



SHOULDERS, light, oblique 



LEGS, straight, short; shank fine 



BODY: 



CHEST, deep, low, girth large with full fore flank. . . 

 BARREL, ribs broad, long, wide apart; large stomach 



BACK, lean, straight; chine, open jointed , 



LOIN, broad 



NAVEL, large 



HINDQUARTERS: 



HIP BONES, far apart, level 



RUMP, long, wide, level , 



PIN BONES OR THURLS, high, wide apart 



TAIL, long, slim; fine hair in switch 



THIGHS, thin, long 4 



ESCUTCHEON, spreading over thighs, extending high 

 and wide 



UDDER, long, attached high and full behind, extend- 

 ing far in front and full, flexible; quarters even 

 and free from fleshiness 



TEATS, large, evenly placed 5 



MILK VEINS, large, long, tortuous, branched; large 



and numerous milk wells 5 



LEGS, straight, shank fine 



Total. . . 100 



Jersey. The Jersey cow with her refinement of 

 form, short, crumpled horn, dished face, and large 

 eyes is the most beautiful of any of the dairy breeds. 

 The Jersey is noted for the richness of her milk. The 

 colors most commonly seen are shades of gray and 

 fawn, with occasional white markings. All Jerseys, and 

 most grade Jerseys, have a black muzzle with a light 

 colored band of hair around it. A Jersey cow named 

 Jacoba Irene gave 17,253 pounds of milk in a year, 

 from which were made 1,121 pounds of butter. 



