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purpose breed, but in order to encourage dairy production 

 the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders' Association have de- 

 clared them a dairy breed. 



They are of medium size, bulls averaging about 1800 

 pounds in weight, cows 1200 pounds (Fig. 116). Their 

 form is characterized by a prominence of frame, as shown 



Fig. 116. — A Brown Swiss cow. 



in the bone of the head, shoulders and cannons. They are 

 lower set and less angular than the other dairy breeds. 

 The head is long, broad and dished between the eyes, 

 the horns rather short and flat, directed outward and up- 

 ward with black tips. The hide is of more than usual thick- 

 ness, but soft and pliable. Color is a peculiar shade of 

 brown or brownish fawn, varying from light to dark, 

 with a hght tuft at the poll, inside the ears and along the 



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