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found to a remarkable degree, whenever you find a 

 really good cow. 



For the gratification of those who are exact in 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, 6 ft. From the top of the shoulder to the 

 tail, 4 ft. 6 in. From the hip or hook bone to the 

 point of the hip, 1 ft. 7 in. From the point of the 

 brisket to the rear of the udder, 4 ft. 6 in. Length of 

 udder, 1 ft. 6 in. Distance from udder to brisket, 1 

 ft. 10 in. Distance between the teats from front to 

 rear, 4 in. ; from side to side 2 i' in. Height, 4 ft. 2 

 in. Width across the hip, 1 ft. 9 in. Width across the 

 back, 1 ft. 5 in. Length from the elbow to the point 

 of the shoulder, 1 ft. 2 in. Length of fore leg, 2 ft. 2 

 in. Length of neck, 1 ft. 11 in. 



In form she is as well balanced and symmetrical, as 

 an animal can be constructed. Her back is a perfect 

 level ; and with the perpendicular bearing of her 

 limbs, and her evident strength, a superficial observer 

 would say at once 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 a race of cows as a livery 

 stable or a truck is to the race of horses. No feeble 

 animal can endure it. , 



The cow to which I refer, commenced her opera- 

 tions by 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 



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