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IN AGRICULTURE 



LESSON XXI 1 1 



THE DAIEY COW 



For this lesson bring a dairy cow into the school yard, 

 and as the class observes the cow the teacher should 

 speak briefly upon the following points. 



Cattle are kept for two main purposes; for the pro- 

 duction of milk and for the production of beef. These 

 two purposes make different demands upon the energies 



FIG. 27. A TYPICAL JERSEY Cow 



of the animal, and thus through many generations of 

 selection and development, there have arisen two types 

 of cattle, the beef form or type, and the milk form or 

 type. These two forms are not entirely distinct or 

 separate, but they tend to merge into intermediate forms. 



The chief differences that distinguish the beef and 

 dairy types are : 



1. Outline of body. 



