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CATTLE. 



give as round a form as possible to the carcass, and each sliould 

 project lariLer than the preceding one to the very loins, giving, if 

 after all the milch cow DUiist be a little wider below than above, yet 

 as much breadth as can possibly be afforded to the more valuable 

 parts. 8he should be well formed across the hips and on the rump, 

 and with greater length there than the milker generally possesses, or 

 if a little too short, not heavy. If she stands a little long on the legs, 

 it must not l>e too long. The thighs somewhat thin, with a slight 

 tendency to crookedness in the hock, or being sickle-hammed behind : 

 the tail thick at the upper part, but tapering below ; and she sliould 

 have a mellow hide, and little coarse hair. Common opinion has 

 given to her large milk- veins ; and although the milk- vein has 

 notliing to do with the udder, but conveys the blood from the fore 

 part of the chest and sides to the inguinal vein, yet a large milk- 

 vein ceriainly indicates a strongly developed vascular system — one 

 favorable to secretion generally, and to that of the milk among the 

 rest. 





THE YORKSHIRE COW. 



The last essential in a milch cow is the udder, rather large in pjo- 

 portion to the size of the animal, but not too large. It must be 

 suffirieutly capacious to contain the proper quantity of milk, but not 



