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FEEDS AND FEEDING, ABRIDGED 



•site objects in view. The beef animal has been developed to store in 

 its carcass the largest possible amount of meat. On the other hand, 

 for generations the dairy cow has been bred for the primary object of 

 producing large yields of milk and butter fat. As a result, tho a 

 good dairy cow will put on flesh when she is dry, the impulse to milk 

 production is so strong when she is in milk that even under liberal 

 feeding she shows little or no tendency to fatten but uses all the sur- 

 plus feed above maintenance for the manufacture of milk. 



In view of the widely differing nature of milk and flesh production, 



70. — The Dairy Type and the Beep Type Are 

 Widely Different 



A high-producing dairy cow is generally spare and angular and shows a wedge- 

 shaped form, viewed from the side, from the front, or from the top of the 

 withers. She has a roomy barrel, spacious hindquarters, and a large, well-shaped 

 udder. (From Humphrey, Wisconsin Station.) 



it is not surprising that 

 gree in the same animal, 

 not economical milkers 

 beef makers. In a trial 

 type required 47 per ct. 

 than those of good dairy 

 but yet lack in depth of 



2 Haecker, Minn. Bui. 35. 



both can not be developed to the highest de- 

 As a rule, the most perfect beef cows are 

 and the best dairy cows are not satisfactory 

 at the Minnesota Station 2 cows of the beef 

 more feed per pound of butter fat produced 

 type. Cows which are not of the beef type, 

 body, are also not generally economical pro- 



