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Fig. 150. The Point* of a Dairy Cow, as reproduced upon Ormsby Jane 

 Segis Aaggie 150948, champion Holstein-Friesian cow. As a senior four- 

 year old, she has a seven-day record of 44.4 Ibs. butter. (Photo by 

 courtesy American Agriculturist.) 



and gradually increasing in depth and thickness backward. 

 Later, in 1875, Sturtevant Bros, of Massachusetts, in dis- 

 cussing Ayrshire cattle form, 5 stated that "in the dairy 

 breeds, and in most animals particularly adapted to milk 

 giving, there is a tendency toward accumulation of a 

 larger part of the weight of the animal in the rearmost 

 half. ... As judged by a side view or from above, there is a 

 certain wedge form. . . . This form becomes more strongly 

 marked with age when the animal has been abundantly 

 supplied with food. The yearling and two-years' old may 

 have parallel rather than diverging lines on the side view." 

 In 1875 the American Jersey Cattle Club adopted the scale 

 of points, the first of its kind officially introduced to Amer- 

 ica. The introduction of the practice of livestock judging 



B The Dairy Cow: A Monograph on the Ayrshire Breed of Cattle, Boston, 

 1875. 



