Tin: MANACJKMHXT OF STOCK '_'/.) 



be returned through the vi-iiis. In tinif, tin* Vfins eiilur^jo in 

 ordtT to make room for the return of the blood from the udder. 

 In some of the better milking strains, these large veins are in- 

 herited, nnd can be seen and felt on young animals which have 

 never given milk. 



4S0b. Contrast the ideal points nf the beef animal. This 

 animal, like the mileh animal, shuwiil have a small head and 

 linrns, and bo light in the throat -lateh. If the neek, legs and 

 tail lie removed from the beef animal, the body is almost n per- 

 fect pnrallelogr:un. The neck is short nnd very heavy where 

 it is set onto the shoulder, the back straight, thighs built well 

 out at the rear, and thick. The body of the animal is more 

 rounded, the short ribs or loin is broad, the flank is well 

 down, the shoulders are heavy and well covered with meat, 

 the floor of the chest broati, which j)laces the front legs wide 

 apart. The whole structure of the animal indicates slowness of 

 motion, quietness, and a disposition to lay on flesh and fat, or 

 in otli. r words, to be stdfish. No milk veins ajipear, the tail 

 is shorter than the milch cow's, and the receptacle for milk 

 small. As A rule, the beef animal has a softer and more velvety 

 touch than the dairy animal, since the one is usually fat and the 

 other lean. A strong, low brisket (the banging part between the 

 fore legs) is desired, not because the flesh of it is good, for it 

 is quite inferior, but because it is an outwanl indication of su- 

 perior feeding qualities. It will be noticed that in the dairy 

 cow the brisket is prominent, but thin. It indicates good feed- 

 i:u' q 1 ilifies : that is, a good appetite and power to digest and 

 ftx-ui : .to food. True, jt seems to have no direct oonnectiou 

 • with the productioD of milk, but animals which are markedly 

 deficient in brisket and thin in the waist usually have delicate 

 constitutions and precarious app<'titos. 



4S0«. A moilerately thick, elastic skin and soft, velvety hair 

 are much desirc'd, not only in cattle but in horses. A thin or 

 pnpfTV •< ■ H lock of constitution. A thick. Inelastic skin 



denotes . veneSMin the production of either milk or beef. 



4S0«/. With tiiese ideals for cattle, compare some of th« 

 points of excellence in • trotting borne : The front legs b*Te 



