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should be broad, setting her thighs well apart, and her 

 thighs should be rather thin. This gives space for a 

 large udder, which is indispensable, for it is unreasonable 

 to expect a large flow of milk from an udder of small 

 capacity. The udder should be soft and fleshless when 

 empty, and extend high up in the rear. It should also 

 extend w'ell forward, and from it should extend further 

 forward large* protruding milk-veins. If they are dou- 

 ble and are crooked and knotty, all the better. These 

 veins carry off the blood after it has passed through the 

 udder and performed its part in elaborating milk, and 

 their size indicates the amount of blood employed, and 

 by inference the amount of milk secreted. So the es- 

 cutcheon, which should extend out on the thighs and run 

 with even edges and unbroken surface up to or near the 

 vulva, is supposed to be some indication of the extent of 

 the arterial system that contributes blood for the elabo- 

 ration of milk. The neck should be slender, taper and 

 thin, the horns small and slender, the face dishing or 

 flat, the eyes wide apart and mild and intelligent in ex- 

 pression, the muzzle broad when viewed from the front 

 but thin when viewed from the side, and the lips thick 

 and strong. A long, slender tail is indicative of good 

 breeding. A yellow skin, or one which secretes an oily 

 yellow scurf especially seen in the ears, along the back 

 and at the end of the tail -is considered a sign of milk 

 rich in fat, The skin should be soft and pliable, the hair 

 fine, and the coat glossy. We prefer rather light to very 

 dark colors. Our observation is that a black cow never 

 gives as rich milk as one in which the white predomi- 



