JUDGING THE DAIRY TYPE OF CATTLE 



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Pig. 169. — An udder with 

 three teats — a very unusual 

 condition. 



tinctly thicker than 

 those behind. This is 

 also suggested by the 

 distance between the op- 

 posite hind teats and the 

 opposite front ones. The 

 more closely the thighs 

 are placed, the thinner 

 will be the hindquarters. 

 Not infrequently one 

 sees an udder, low in its 

 rear attachment, be- 

 tween thighs so close to- 

 gether that the udder 

 as a whole is crowded 

 forward with a consid- 

 erable tilt of the lower 

 side. The form of the 



perfect, while the other side 

 shows a quarter not in equally 

 good form with its opposite, 

 making a shorter and more un- 

 shapely gland. Uniformity in 

 size and shape of quarters 

 should be emphasized by the 

 judge. The udder as a whole 

 should be fairly thick, assum- 

 ing that, other things being 

 equal, the thick udder has 

 more capacity than the thin 

 one. The natural form of the 

 udder is to be narrower behind 

 than in front — another wedge 

 — the forequarters being dis- 



Pig. 170. — "The udder as a whole 

 should be fairly thicls." 



