CHAPTER XII. 



MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



From a bulletin of the Michigan State College and Experiment Station, we 

 make a liberal extract relating to the three Holstein-Friesian cows, Houwtje 

 D., Belle Sarcastic and Rosa Bonheur. Illustrations of these cows are also given. 



Their records of yields of butter fat are, respectively, 660.14 Ibs., 632.78 Ibs. 

 and 469.31 Ibs. 



Prof. Clinton D. Smith, under whose continual oversight these animals 

 have been, describes minutely their varying characteristics, food consumed, etc. 



For one day, 



For seven days, 



For three hundred and sixty-five days, . . 

 Average test for one year, 3.47 per cent fat. 



93.0 Ibs. inilk, 2.96 Ibs. fat. 



628.2 Ibs. milk, 18.79 Ibs. fat. 



19,025.0 Ibs. milk, 660.14 Ibs. fat. 



Houwtje D. was calved March 12, 1888, from imported dam and sire, and 

 is described as having in most respects a typical dairy form as to general con- 

 tour, being distinctly wedge shaped and very deep through the abdomen and 

 udder, and rather too small in girth behind the shoulders. She is another of the 

 famous cows at the Michigan State Agricultural College and Experiment Station 

 which have been tested and considered by Prof. Clinton D. Smith to be one of 

 the three best cows alive. We are enabled, through Prof. Smith's kindness, to 

 here present the pictures of these magnificently handled cows. 



Her head is long, inclined to be coarse, and somewhat defective in width 

 at the base of the horns. Her temperament is quiet, almost to the point of 

 stupidity. The neck is thin, long and slightly drooping. The withers are 

 broad rather than sharp, and the crops are full rather than cut out, differing in 

 these two important respects from the ideal form. 



The lean, slanting shoulder, uncovered ribs, and serrated, strong, prominent 

 back of the dairy cow are present. The hips are broad and level with the pin- 

 bones unusually high and wide apart. The cow carries a good amount of flesh. 

 The udder, though somewhat uneven, is well developed, slightly meaty in tex- 

 ture and extends well forward. 



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