VAN PELT'S COW DEMONSTRATION 



upon its value, and, to attain breadth, other more necessary 

 requirements are sacrificed. 



It should be remembered that, although the beef animal 

 and draft horse gain their constitution in breadth of chest 

 to a greater extent than by depth, the opposite is true of 

 the running horse and the dairy cow. Just as truly as the 

 horse bred for speed is endowed with constitution as great 

 as or greater than the larger and heavier draft horse, so does 

 the dairy cow compare with the beef animal. 



In fact, no less authority than Gov. W. D. Hoard makes 

 the statement that upon following 50 head of animals to the 

 block he found that the heart and lungs of the dairy cow 

 were larger and weighed more than did those of beef animals 

 with which they were compared. 



Eyes and Horns 



Although of less importance than the considerations 

 already discussed, it may be said that usually the cow with 

 eyes that are bright, prominent and clear and horns that are 

 rather heavy at the base and tapering gradually to a point 

 is more vigorous than the one with the dull, sunken eyes 

 and horns that are almost as small at their base as near the 

 point. 



Certainly it is true that diseases of the heart and lungs 

 in advanced stages are accompanied by dull, expressionless 

 and oftentimes sunken eyes, and to the careful observer the 

 first symptoms of weakness and disease become apparent in 

 the appearance of the eyes. On the other hand, the character 

 of the horns and eyes may be, and as a rule is, a truer indica- 

 tion of other conditions obtaining and does not denote con- 

 stitution with the same infallibility as do the organs of 

 respiration. 



One may rest assured that if the vital parts are large, 

 as compared with other parts of the body, and the animal 

 has been permitted to breathe fresh, pure air not infected 

 with disease germs during her whole life, she is quite perfect 

 in one of the essential requirements. 



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