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back, large and deep belly ; the udder capacious, but not too 

 fleshy ; the milky veins prominent, and the bag tending far be- 

 hind ; teats long and large ; buttocks broad and fleshy ; tail long 

 and pliable ; legs proportionable to the size of the carcass ; and 

 the joints shut. To these outward marks may be added a gentle 

 disposition, a temper free from any vicious tricks, and perfectly 

 manageable on every occasion. On the other hand, a cow with a 

 thick head and a short neck, prominent back bone, slender cheek, 

 small udder, or a fleshy bag, short teats and thin buttocks, is to 

 be avoided as totally unfit for the purposes either for the dairy- 

 man, the suckler, or the grazier." 



And a Mr. Wilkinson humorously sums up his thus : — 



" She's long in her face, she's fine in her horn, 

 She'll quickly get fat without cake or corn, 

 She's clear in her jaws and full in her chine, 

 She's heavy in flank and wide in her loin. 



She's broad in her ribs and long in her rump, 

 A straight and flat back with never a hump ; 

 She's wide in her hips and calm in her eyes. 

 She's fine in her shoulders and thin in her thighs. 



She's light in her neck and small in her tail, 

 She's wide in her breast and good at the pail. 

 She's fine in her bone and silky of skin, 

 She's a Grazier's without and a Butcher's within." 



Other authors might be quoted, but enough, it is hoped, has 

 already been said to be of some use to the inexperienced in the 

 selection of stock. 



In conclusion, the Committee would state that the venerable 

 Cow, mentioned in last year's Report, is still living and in good 

 health, being now nearly twenty-five years old ; and they would 

 further say that her owner has two other cows, one of which was 

 bought in 1839 and the other in 1840. Consequently, each of 

 them must now be over twenty, and probably twenty-tAvo or twenty- 

 three, making the united ages of three cows, owned by the same 

 person, nearly or quite seventy years. 



This circumstance is not mentioned with the behef that cows of 

 such an age are profitable, but because it is thought that another 

 such an instance in longevity in cows is seldom, if ever, to be 

 found. 



For the Committee, 



ELIJAH TUCKER. 



Milton, October, 1857. 



P. S. The Chairman would most gladly have consulted the other naem- 

 bers of" the Committee in relation to the foregoing remarks ; but they lived 

 at such a distance it was inconvenient for him to do so. Consequently, he 

 is responsible for them, not knowing whether all of them will meet thoir 

 approbation or not. — E. T. 



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