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shaped, the forequarter being short and tilting sharply up- 

 ward. Often the forequarter appears distinctly elevated 

 above the rear quarter. Experiments have shown that the 

 hindquarters usually yield considerably more milk than the 

 forequarters, and that the longer and more fully the latter 

 are developed the more closely they approach the former in 

 milk yield. In other words, the yielding capacity of the 

 udder is increased by extending the forequarter. This has 

 been, in a way, recognized by some scales of points. The 



Fig. 168. — "The forequarter is often short." 



American Jersey Cattle Club, in its official scale of points, 

 for example, credits ten points to the fore udder and six 

 to the rear udder, thereby putting a premium on improv- 

 ing the part that most needs development. The judge ob- 

 tains his idea of the length and form of udder by viewing 

 it from the side, but he should carefully compare the sides 

 and see that they are well balanced. It is not unusual to 

 find an udder that is attractive on one side, and apparently 



