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ring judging and has tried to determine how far 

 there is a real relation between a cow's conforma- 

 tion and her ability to produce. His conclusions 

 are as follows : Some cows, too many, in fact, pos- 

 sess every external character that is supposed to 

 indicate the superior dairy animal and yet seem 

 unable to "deliver the goods." They are calculated 

 to deceive the very elect. Something they lack, be 

 it constitution or vigor or pep or whatever term 

 you choose to employ. On the other hand, he has 

 yet to see the cow of beefy build, hard, thick inelas- 

 tic hide, heavy hams, thick withers, bull-headed, 

 with a tucked up little udder and small, inconspic- 

 uous milk veins buried in tissue that by any 

 stretch of courtesy can be called a superior dairy 

 animal. Emphatically, dairy indications are more 

 than skin deep. We hold to the ecclesiastical doc- 

 trine that "there are outward signs of inward 

 grace." 



