22 COLOR. 



breeds. This udder is admirably fitted, by its elas- 

 ticity, for the storage of milk, and when the glands 

 are at rest, occupies but a small space. The eye, 

 accustomed to seeing the pendent fleshy udder so 

 often met with in dairy cows, is apt to underrate, in 

 comparison, the capacity of the small bag of this 

 breed, with its wrinkled and folded covering, so de- 

 ceptive to the unskilled, so full of promise of deeds 

 of worth to the educated observer. Fill out these 

 wrinkles and expand these folds, and the lusty calf 

 may well forget his greed at the sight of the stores 

 at his disposal. 



The Scotch having been less intent to secure a par- 

 ticular color than quality in their herds, although 

 exercising some taste in the matter, their cattle, as 

 do those of the Channel Isles, offer much variety to 

 the eye. There are among them no such mixtures 

 as red and white, so mixed as to be a roan, or black 

 and white thus disposed. It is rare for one color to 

 mingle with another ; the line of separation being 

 generally distinct. 



Of 236 animals imported into the United States, 

 about 70 per cent are described as red, or red and 

 white. Of 2,852 animals in the United States whose 

 colors are given, about 78 per cent are called red, or 

 red and white. 



The following table, 7 although the descriptions of 

 color may not be strictly accurate, as there is prob- 

 ably little preciseness in recording shades, may be 

 of interest : 



i Am. and Can. A. H. B. 



