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SOME FARM ANIMALS 



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Courtesy of Ginn & Co. 



Two Herefords Showing Beef Form. 



much fat on the outside nor marbles through the lean. What 

 color is that fat ? 



Yellow. 



Yes. We all know that butter is yellow, and so this cow is 

 a butter cow and not a beef cow. The fat looks too much like 

 butter to be good beef. We want white fat in beef even though 

 we have butter fat in the milk. A Jersey cow gives yellow milk, 

 and Jersey cows have yellow fat on their bodies for the same 

 reason. 



Here is something you are all acquainted with — the pig. 

 How many can tell me the name of this pig? 



Berkshire. 



Yes. The nose turns upward, and the ears stand upward 

 while the Poland China's hang down. The Berkshire is about 

 the same shape as the Poland China — a little longer, perhaps, and 

 if we should take a ham or bacon strip from the Berkshire we 

 would see that it was quite a little leaner. The Berkshire pigs 

 have more lean meat in their bodies. 



There is another kind I want to tell you about that has legs 

 about twice as long as this Berkshire. He has a sharp back 

 instead of a wide back like this. What are they good for? They 

 are good for bacon because they have more lean meat and not 



