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JUDGING FARM ANIMALS 



Fig. 180. — "The sex character of the dairy bull is especially noticeable in 

 head, neck and shoulders." Jersey bull, Julia's Majesty. 



assumed that the location of the rudimentaries will indi- 

 cate the transmission of the placing of teats on the daugh- 

 ters. Bulls vary greatly in the placing of these rudiment- 

 ary teats, some being attached on the same level and widely 

 separated, while with others they are close together, with 

 the fore teat high above the rear one. No information 

 other than popular opinion justifies drawing any conclu- 

 sions on the significance of the rudimentaries. However, 

 the American Guernsey Cattle Club gives the following 

 special distinction ^ to these features of male anatomy : 

 "We consider that a well-balanced and well-shaped udder 

 in the cow is largely due to the way the rudimentary teats 

 are placed on the sire.' If they are crowded close together, 

 the result is likely to be narrow-pointed udders. If they 

 are placed well apart, of good size, and well forward of 

 the scrotum, the effect, we think, will be to influence 



' Scale of points adopted is 1899. 



