muzzel broad and clear in color, the horns not coarse and with 

 a delicate curve. The skin should be soft and pliable, the udder 

 capacious and carried well up, beginning high between the thighs, 

 and running well under the belly, when the cow is milked out or 

 when she is dry it should have a silky touch with an abundance 

 of loose and thin skin. The teats should be of fair length, well 

 spread out and evenly placed, the escutcheon well defined and 

 the milk veins prominent and with a large cavity. Such a cow 

 as I have described with the possession of a gay and stylish 

 carriage, whether she be red, white or roan, is to me, of all 

 animals, the most fascinating. 



In England the beginner has the advantage of being able to 

 grade up and so can at the end of ten or twelve years acquire a 

 registered herd, that is with four crosses of a registered sire. 

 (Note by Editor. It should be remembered that these crosses 

 are made on what is virtually a pure Shorthorn foundation that 

 has passed inspection as to pure type.) The progeny would be 

 accepted in Coate's Herd Book, and it is this class of cattle 

 (Short pedigreed cattle) that is commanding high prices in Britain 

 today, and it a great advantage to the Milking Shorthorn breeder 

 of this country that the American Shorthorn Association will now 

 accept for registry these cows that are registered in Coate's 

 Herd Book. Previous to this year an animal, to be accepted for 

 registry must trace back to Vol. 50, thus keeping importers from 

 bringing to this country the real tops of the English breeders. 



When transportation becomes easier and less expensive, im- 

 portations from England will probably revive, but under the 

 present conditions cows of this type are selling for more than the 

 average beginner can afford and so I will endeavor to give him 

 some advice gained from our own experience about starting a 

 Dairy Shorthorn herd with only limited means at his disposal. 



The purchaser should begin by getting cows of robust con- 

 stitution and good confirmation, putting the pedigree as a sec- 

 ondary consideration. He should be careful that she has a good 

 udder and promises a good yield of milk, as a good milker will 

 pay her way to start with. I have seen many such good cows 

 sold within the means of the ordinary farmer that if mated to the 



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