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such matters, I will give the measurement of a four year 

 old cow which I imported from Scotland last year, and 

 which had received there a succession of first prizes, as 

 the best model of a cow raised in that country : 



Girth six feet ; from top of shoulders to the tail, four 

 feet six inches ; from the hip or hook bone to the point of 

 the rump, one foot seven inches ; from the point of the 

 brisket to the rear of the udder, four feet six inches ; leugth 

 of udder, one foot six inches ; distance from udder to 

 brisket, one foot ten inches ; distance between the teats, 

 from front to rear, four inches ; from side to side, two and 

 one-half inches ; height, four feet two inches ; width 

 across the hip, one foot nine inches ; width across the back 

 one foot five inches ; length from the elbow to the point 

 of the shoulder, one foot two inches ; length of fore leg, 

 two feet two inches ; length of neck, one foot eleven inches. 



In form she is well-balanced and symmetrical as an ani- 

 mal can be constructed. Her back is a perfect level ; and 

 with the perpendicular bearing of her limbs, and her evi- 

 dent strength, a superficial observer would say at once 

 that she was admirably constructed to bear the wear and 

 tear of a dairy farm, or a milk farm, a sphere of life as 

 trying to the race of cows as a livery stable or a track is 

 to the race of horses. No feeble animal can endure it. 



The cow to which I refer commenced her operations b} r 

 giving twenty quarts of milk per day at three years old. 



I consider the Ayrshire cow as the universal cow for the 

 dairy. She makes beef enough, when properly reared and 

 fed. She yields an abundance of milk for cheese or the 

 market, and stands high as a producer of butter. 



Among them is a race of animals partaking strongly of 

 the nature of Short-horns, round, compact, thick-meated, 

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