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NEAT CATTLE. 



The lettered engraving on the left ; with the exrxana 

 tion, shows the terms usually used in designating the 

 principal external points and parts of cattle. The figure 

 represents the short-horned Durham breed, remarkable 

 for depth in the breast and large fore quarters. It is 

 also distinguished for large size and early maturity. It 

 differs materially from the following description, in re- 

 gard to the size of the fore and hind quarters. 



MARKS OF A GOOD MILCH COW. 



John Brooks, Esq., of Princeton, who pays particular 

 attention to raising cows, selecting such calves as have 

 the best marks for this purpose, has favored us with the 

 following description of a good, native, milch Cow : 



" Head and face rather long ; nuzzle small ; eyes 

 prominent, bright, and mild ; forehead, between the horns, 

 narrow ; wide between the eyes ; horns rather long, small, 

 oval shaped, and wax colored ; smaller near the head 

 than three or four inches from it ; neck slim and flat, 

 not approaching to round ; on leaving the shoulders, 

 the neck should fall a little below the line of the back ■ 

 straight on the back ; wide in the loin ; the outlines of 

 the loin should be nearly parallel ; thigh should be thin ; 

 hind legs straight and small, standing wide apart ; in 

 walking, the cow should carry her hind legs straight 

 forward, not sling them out, describing the segment of 

 a circle ; fore leg, above the knee, should be rather large ; 

 below the knee, small, approaching to round ; fooU-ather 

 large than small, but round, and of a dark wax'color ; 

 oreast wide, brisket projecting well forward ; milk veins 

 large ; deep in the flank ; large hind quarters, and small 

 fore quarters ; bag, when empty, small and skinny, not 

 fleshy, running well forward on to the belly; teats 

 middling size, neither large nor small, but rather long 

 and elastic ; color of teats reddish brown, never white ; 

 hair upon the bag soft, short and silky, growing or 

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