TESTED DAIRY ANIMALS CONNECTICUT. 



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ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE DAIRY COW. 



Intelligent and progressive farmers and dairymen are becoming more 

 familiar with the fact that milk and butter producing qualities of cows are 

 accompanied by a general vigor, conformation, temperament, fineness, 

 bearing, and other features that are quite characteristic. Dairymen who 

 profit most in the keeping of cows familiarize themselves with these charac- 

 teristics and understand their relationship to capacity for production. 

 This is understood best by those who have had long experience with cows, 

 and have studied under widely varying conditions their general form and 

 manner, especially in connection with accurate records of performance. 



DAIRY TYPE (COW No. 2) 

 To Illustrate Points Referred to In the Text. 



In a general way such knowledge includes some idea of the anatomy and 

 physiology of the cow, particularly with reference to the general locality, 

 development, and functions of the various organs concerned in the produc- 

 tion of milk and butter. 



In a discussion of this subject the dairy cow may be considered as a 

 complex machine developed for a particular purpose, consisting of a frame- 

 work of characteristic form, supporting parts that are most essential 

 to the purpose and parts that are less essential, the essential parts being 

 those directly concerned in the production of milk and butter, while the 

 less essential parts are only indirectly concerned. 



The figure above of cow No. 2 shows the outline and general features 

 of a profitable cow of the dairy type, and illustrates points referred to in 

 the following paragraphs: 



In the opinion of the writer it seems justifiable to state that the general 

 constitutional vigor of the cow is of primary importance, and that of nearly 



