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content to leave the result to the test." She was then in the 

 test along with Jerseys and other cows, and the result was to 

 be declared in two days. Very fortunately for me, when the 

 test came off she had distanced the whole of them. Then 

 men came to me, and asked me what I saw in that cow. 

 Now, take the form of expression of the barrel. Observe 

 the inset of the ribs, — how they spring differently in the 

 cow with the dairy temperament from the way in which they 

 spring in the cow with the beef temperament. 



We come now to a very important thing in the judgment 

 of a good cow. I want to enlarge upon this, gentlemen, 

 because there is a notion abroad that controverts it. This 

 is the pelvic formation, called by some " the pelvic arch." 

 You see how differently these two types are constructed. 

 The favorite form is the form of the Hereford. All over 

 the world men say, " I want a straight back." Here } r ou 

 have in this Hereford heifer the straight back. This cow 

 has no expression of the power of motherhood. But see 

 how differently this Holstein cow is formed. See this pel- 

 vic arch, this low rump. Here lies the expression of mater- 

 nity. Nature, always true in her expression, has given you 

 a totally different outline in this Holstein from that which 

 you have in the Hereford. The famous Oakes cow which 

 you had here in Massachusetts a number of years ago, that 

 made four hundred pounds of butter a year, had a rump 

 of exactly the same shape as this Holstein cow. As a rule, 

 this outline is always a most excellent thing to see. 



Now, another thing is the difference in the formation of 

 the ribs. In the dairy cow you have a different shape from 

 that which you find in the beef cow. This Hereford cow is 

 close-ribbed. The ribs are narrower and closer than they 

 are in the Holstein, which has an open expression. The ribs 

 are wider, and the spaces between them are wider. Now, 

 what is the whole philosophy of that? This Hereford cow 

 has an expression of tight, close growth, form and expression. 

 This Holstein cow is relaxed. We come back again, gentle- 

 men, to motherhood. The conditions of motherhood 

 invariably call for relaxation, and the relaxed expression is 

 here. 



Now, I have one point which I wish to treat of here, and 



