OHAPTEE XXX. 



Examples of Large Yield, and How it is Produced. 

 Practical Suggestions on Handling Feed, and Training. 



Much has been, and will continue to be said and writ- 

 ten about the influence or indications of points, and forms, 

 and breed in milk cows, but the general conditions of ac- 

 tivity, feed, and climate in which they are raised, control 

 the general size and digestive capacity of cattle. And cows 

 that develop more than average capacity, either as breed- 

 ers, or feeders, in any set of conditions, are there the best 

 cows. The naturally developed capacity is the foundation 

 or origin of excellence in all our domestic animals. And 

 this natural excellence being noticed, the animals showing 

 it are selected to breed from ; and this is the origin of 

 small families of cows, some of which multiply into exten- 

 sive breeds, and take their name generally from the coun- 

 try or locality in which they are first selected. Hence it 

 is clear that name or distinction of breed has no influence 

 on the peculiar growth which gives peculiar capacity ; as 

 good form and capacity depend upon exercise, or training, 

 more than on inheritance. 



Special training, for instance, originates peculiar form, 

 as large hind quarters, in most cows of large yield, and the 

 form cannot be maintained by inheritance, unless the 

 training, that originated it be also coutinued. 



Large hind quarters having been alluded to, we may 

 say that they appear principally in cows of moderate or 

 small size, that yield well ; and result from a general in- 

 crease of blood, and in the size, length, and convolutions 



