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milch cow, and with it the large udder and 

 other evidences of milking quality not insist- 

 ing too much on a fine "escutcheon" unless we 

 are quite sure that it is an infallible sign of 

 milk productiveness and not simply a mere 

 fancy point; and in the Short-horn we will 

 look for all those evidences of the high-class 

 beef beast which we sought in the Hereford, 

 knowing that a Short-horn is first and before 

 all else a beef producer; secondly, if we want a 

 truly model Short-horn (and they are far from 

 scarce) we will seek for one showing a large 

 udder and other signs of milk production. The 

 typical Short-horn should not be lacking here. 

 Thus whatever variety of stock we fix upon we 

 must acquaint ourselves with the recognized 

 standard of the breed and seek to satisfy it in 

 the animals we select. We would not demand 

 milk production of an Angus nor a butter rec- 

 ord of a Galloway, nor beefiness in a Jersey; 

 but we must rigidly insist on having animals 

 superior to ordinary stock in the special quali- 

 ties for which we are adopting the breed ; else, 

 where would be the advantage in giving a 

 larger price for a pure-bred than a scrub of 

 equal merit could be purchased for? We have 

 seen that the pedigree never promises good 

 fruit from a bad stock, but the reverse; so there 

 is no recourse to be found there. Having in- 

 sisted on this conformity to the recognized 



