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openings, and among the best of the Jerseys and 

 . Guernseys there are often two and sometimes three of 

 these openings of branches that will admit the end of 

 the finger. This strong interior circulation character- 

 istic of the dairy breeds is always at the cost of the 

 exterior circulation. It is a rare thing for a producer 

 of large quantities of rich milk to be otherwise than 

 thin in flesh. The cow Daisey (Fig. 14) was a 

 cross-bred Jersey-Guernsey weighing 1,100 pounds. 

 Her annual milk production was over 10,000 pounds 

 of 5 per cent, fat milk. She had good average pas- 

 ture and only a fair grain feed, at no time exceeding 

 twelve pounds daily. When in milk she was never 

 in better condition than she appears in the picture. 

 Her maximum production was forty-five pounds a 

 day. 



Note the make-up as applicable to the dairy cow 

 muzzle slim ; upper lip large, coming well down ; nos- 

 trils wide and open; face, from end of nose to top of 

 head, dishing; the same between the eyes; eye large 

 and expressive; head devoid of flesh and the veins 

 standing out clear and distinct ; neck thin and well cut 

 up under the chops (the loose skin partially conceals 

 this in* the picture) ; shoulders, at the top thin and 

 sharp, slightly above the line of the back; back drop- 

 ping slightly down behind the shoulders; hips high, 

 prominent and wide apart; pelvic arch, just back of 

 hips, well arched, prominent, and distinct; tail long 

 and slim, but firm and strong where it joins the body, 

 heavy brush at the end, setting on well front instead 

 of back, as in the beef type ; skin loose but firm, flex- 

 ible, and thin ; neck setting in the body at a sharp 

 angle instead of by rounded, graceful lines, as in the 



