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with horns and ears well colored (golden yellow) which failed to make a fine 

 quality of butter and highly colored. It is an unmistakable sign. The body 

 should be of good size, and the ^dth and depth rapidly increase as it runs 

 to the rear or hind quarters. The mWx veins should be large and prominent, 

 and the udder need not necessarily be large, so it is not meaty, but is small 

 when milked out. The teata should be of good size, and only have a single 

 hole in each; we have seen quite a number with teats having two holes. 

 The hair should be fine and soft, while the skin should be pliable, and 

 almost as soft to touch as velvet or kid. In color it should be tinged deeply 

 with yellow, especially on the shoulders and flank and along the back. 

 Color of the hair is rather a secondary matter, though the best cows are 

 generally yellow, tawn, gray or white, with dark marks edged with yellow. 

 Black cows but seldom prove to be good general-purpose ones, though of 

 coarse there are exceptions frequently met with. 



Cattle Raclc. — We give the following illustrated design for a rack to feed 

 cattle from in the yard. We think 

 it far superior in point of economy 

 and convenience to anything of the 

 kind we have seen. It can easily be 

 made by anyone possessing ordi- 

 nary skill in using tools: 



The shape, as will be seen, is six 

 sided, or in the form of a hexagon. 

 It consists of six upright posts five 

 feet long (3 by 4 scantling will an- 

 swer, or round poles 3 or 4 inches 

 through will do very well), and 

 twelve boards, each one foot in 

 width and five feet long. These 

 latter nailed to the posts horizon- 

 tally will form the box. To 

 strengthen the whole and keep the 

 cattle from stepping over the sides, 

 nail strips of thick boards or plank 

 flatwise across the upper end of 



the posts. Then nail two boards diagonally upon each side, extending from 

 the top of the posts to the bottom of the box, leaving a space of about a foot 

 and a half in the center on a hue with the upper edge of the box. These 

 slanting boards serve as braces, and give strength and firmness to the 

 whole structure, and make six feeding places for the cattle. If scantling is 

 need for posts, it would be well to hew oflf the comer from each, so as to 

 make the boards fit well. 



Uwle of (,byishi</rf(on.— Nail the boards to two sets of posts to form two 

 opposite sides. Cut two strips of boards about ten feet four inches long; 

 stand the side upright and naU these strips across the top and bottom— 



S gross the diameter— then bring the otlier ends ^vithin five feet, and nail on 

 lie boards across the end; you will then have three sides formed. Nail on 

 the other two opposite sides and end. Put on the braces and it is done. It 

 can be moved to different parts of the yard, and with care will last for years. 



Eronomy- in Feeding Cattle — There is more waste in feeding tlian tn 

 anything else on the farm. Wheat 8;T.iw, corn-stalks, and cveu chaff ria v U 



