JUDGING THE DAIRY TYPE OF CATTLE 



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Guernsey standard. These weights will be helpful guides 

 to judges under certain show ring conditions. 



The form or type of the dairy cow is one of her most 

 distinguishing features, as has already been indicated. 

 This form, for the use of a better term, is called wedge- 

 shaped, and an ideal example of a dairy cow shows a triple 

 wedge, namely, from side, front and top. This wedge is 



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Fig. 151. "It will be noted that in an assumed continuation of these 

 lines a sufficient distance beyond the head, they would meet at a common 

 point." 



thus explained : first, if the upper and under lines of the 

 animal, including the udder, be viewed from one side, it 

 will be noted that in an assumed continuation of these lines 

 a sufficient distance beyond the head, they would meet at a 

 common point. In other words, the body narrows, wedge- 

 like, from rear to front. In fact, the dairy cow stands from 

 half an inch to an inch and a half lower in front than she 

 does at the hips. Second, when standing directly in front 

 of the cow, it will be noted that, were the space between 



