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site objects in view. The beef animal has been developed to store in 

 its carcass the largest possible amount of meat. On the other hand, 

 for generations the dairy cow has been bred for the primary object of 

 producing large yields of milk and butter fat. As a result, tho a 

 good dairy cow will put on flesh when she is dry, the impulse to milk 

 production is so strong when she is in milk that even under liberal 

 feeding she shows little or no tendency to fatten but uses all the sur- 

 plus feed above maintenance for the manufacture of milk. 



In view of the widely differing nature of milk and flesh production, 



Fig. 70. — The Dairy Type and the Beep Type Are 

 Widely Different 



A high-producing dairy cow is generally spare and angular and sliows a wedge- 

 shaped form, viewed from the side, from the front, or from the top of the 

 withers. She has a roomy barrel, spacious hindquarters, and a large, well-shaped 

 udder. (From Humphrey, Wisconsin Station.) 



it is not surprising that both can not be developed to the highest de- 

 gree in the same animal. As a rule, the most perfect beef cows are 

 not economical milkers, and the best dairy cows are not satisfactory 

 beef makers. In a trial at the Minnesota Station ^ cows of the beef 

 type required 47 per ct. more feed per pound of butter fat produced 

 than those of good dairy type. Cows which are not of the beef type, 

 but yet lack in depth of body, are also not generally economical pro- 



sHaecker, Minn. Bui. 35. 



