CHAP. XIX.] FARMING FOR LADIES. 365 



Both Parkinson and Youatt nearly agree 

 that a good milch-cow should have a long and 

 rather small head, with thin chaps ; the horns 

 should also be small ; and the eyes should be 

 bright, but denoting quietude of disposition. 

 She should be what is termed "ewe-necked" — 

 that is, very thin, low, and hollow, till it ap- 

 proaches the shoulder ; narrow in the breast, 

 as well as at the top of the shoulder, and al- 

 together light in the fore-quarter, but with a 

 good girth behind the shoulder. The ribs 

 should be spread out wide, so as to give as 

 globular a form as possible to the carcase, 

 and each should project farther than the pre- 

 ceding one, to the very loins ; the hips should 

 also be wide, and the rump long, but she 

 should not be in any part much inclined to 

 flesh. She should be thin in the thigh, and 

 what is called " sickle-hammed" — or the hind- 

 legs having a slight tendency to crookedness. 

 Her hide should be fine and mellow, with very 

 little coarse hair, her tail small, with very 

 little hair upon it, and the less coarse hair on 

 any part the better. 



The following doggrel lines, descriptive of 

 a cow, though of old date, may perhaps not 



