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portioned to the body, hoofs clean and true. The head should be 

 neat, the neck slim, with or without wattles. 20 points. 



Appearance of vigor and vitality, 15 points. 



The Udder. — Should be well developed, but not fleshy, should not 

 be pendulous, but well attached to the body, with symmetrical teats 

 large enough to be easily grasped. Should show a conspicuous devel- 

 opment of the veins leading from the mammary gland. 20 points. 



Absence of Horns. — Naturally hornlessi animals are preferred. 

 Does that have been neatly disbudded, without visible scar or growth 

 of horn, are accepted. Head hornless, 10 points, neatly disbudded, 

 5 points. 



Buck Standard. — Color and Markings. The same as for does, 

 except that for the mature buck the two white lines on the face usually 

 disappear, leaving only the white patch over the eye. 15 points. 



Coai. — same as for does. 5 points. 



Weight, for mature buck, 150 to 175 pounds. 10 points. 



Height, for mature buck, at shoulders, 33 to 36 inches. 10 points. 



General Conformation. — The back should be long and straight, 

 with broad rump, not too sloping, well sprung ribs, deep broad chest, 

 limbs clean, strong and straight, well proportioned to the body, hoofs 

 clean and true. The head clean in outline, broad between the eyes, 

 masculine in appearance. The neck strong and rather heavy, with 

 or without wattles. 20 points. 



Appearance of great vigor and vitality. 25 points. 



The head should be hornless. 15 points. 



patches of white, have appeared in our Toggenburg herds from time to time 

 since the first importations of the breed, but there has been a tendency to 

 regard these individuals as " off-colored," although many breeders admire 

 the black and tricolor Toggenburgs, and have maintained that they should 

 be considered standard colored. The adoption of the above official standard, 

 together with the recent importation with full Swiss Registry papers, of 

 these dark and tricolored Toggenburgs, would appear to settle the question 

 in favor of a wide color standard for the breed. This will be a great 

 advantage in upbuilding the Toggenburgs of America to their best capacity 

 as dairy animals unhindered by narrow and abitrary requirements as 

 to color. 

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