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i] STRUCTURE OF THE COWS UDDER 3 



The lobes, lobules (see Figs. 1 and 3), and alveoli 

 (see Figs. 2 and 4) are provided with excretory 

 ducts of corresponding size, which flow into the 



FIG. 2. GLAND ALVEOLI. Magnified 200 times. (Fiirstenberg.) 



so-called milk -cisterns or milk -reservoirs, which are 

 situated immediately above the teats. When a duct, 

 therefore, is traced into the gland, it will be found to 

 become sub- divided into smaller ducts, and these, in 

 their turn, into still smaller ones ; while round the 



