MILK PRODUCTION 



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The following are the most essential characteristics of a 

 cow of the dairy type: she should be triangular in shape, as 

 viewed from side, above and in front; spare, long, lean, 

 narrow of head and neck; light in shoulder and sharp at 



How a milk record is kept. Milk balances and record sheet are 

 chief features. (Adapted from Cornell Agricultural Experiment 

 Station.) 



withers; broad in hindquarters but lean and spare; deep in 

 chest, with ribs well sprung, wide apart and prominent; 

 large in abdominal capacity, allowing room for well developed 

 digestive organs; nervous in temperament indicated by 



