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PLATE 2 A Dairy Temperament Cow. 



acteristic of cows is well worth finding out, and success or failure 

 in dairying largely depends on the attention given to the study of 

 each cow's individuality. 



163. The influence of individuality on the variation in test of 

 a cow's milk is very striking. A cow with a quiet disposition will 

 with quiet handling give milk of about the same richness from day 

 to day ; little diturbances do not change the test of her milk nearly 

 so much as the same annoyances may effect the milk of a high 

 strung, nervous cow. A cow with an excitable temperament has a 

 much greater tendency to unevenness in the quality of her milk than . 

 the mild eyed "Mooley" cow which quietly chews her cud and is 

 not much disturbed by her surroundings. The nervous system has 

 .an important effect on milk secretion, and a sensitive cow may 

 show great variations in the test of her milk. A test of the milk 

 of each milking of any cow may, however, give results that are 

 surprising to anyone whose attention has not been drawn to this 

 matter. A difference in test of one-half to one per cent and even 



