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of his first year, at six months old he should stand 

 twenty-five to twenty-eight inches at the withers and 

 weigh eighty to ninety pounds. He should not be fat, 

 but smooth, well fleshed and evenly developed. In other 



Fig. 3^. — Las Cabritas Don Benjannine, 029. Rhort haired Tofipenburp buck. 



respects he should be judged liy the same standards as 

 the mature buck. 



Milk Inheritance. — So much for tlie individual him- 

 self. A buck that satisfies all these demands has even 

 then met only the lesser half of the requirements we must 

 ask of him. For after all, while we want type, and must 

 have vigor and constitution in our herd, tlie first and 



