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APPENDIX 



Dairy 



Temperament, 

 Constitution, 

 38 



Dairy 



Prepotency, 



15 



Rudimen- 



taries and 



Milk Veins, 



10 



Indicating 



Color of Milk 



in Offspring, 



15 



Symmetry 



and Size, 



22 



Bull 



Clean-cut, lean face ; strong sinewy 

 jaws ; wide muzzle with wide-open 

 nostrils ; full bright eye with quiet 

 and gentle expression ; forehead 

 long and broad . . .... 



Long masculine neck with strong 

 juncture to head ; clean throat. 

 Backbone rising well between 

 shoulder blades ; large rugged 

 spinal processes, indicating good 

 development of the spinal cord 



Pelvis arching and wide ; rump long ; 

 wide, strong structure of spine at 

 setting of tail. Long, thin tail with 

 good switch. Thin incurving thighs 



Ribs amply and fully sprung and wide 

 apart, giving an open relaxed con- 

 formation ; thin, arching flank 



Abdomen large and deep, with strong 

 muscular and navel development, 

 indicative of capacity and vitality 



Hide firm yet loose, with an oily feel- 

 ing and texture, but not thick . 



As shown by having a great deal of 

 vigor, style, alertness, and resolute 

 appearance 



Rudimentaries of good size, squarely 

 and broadly placed in front of and 

 free from scrotum. Milk veins 

 prominent ... . . 



Skin deep yellow in ear, on end of 

 bone of tail, at base of horns and 

 bodygenerally ; hoofs amber-colored 



Counts 



15 



15 



10 



15 



Color of hair, a shade of fawn with 

 white markings. Cream-colored 

 nose. Horns amber-colored, curv- 

 ing and not coarse .... 8 



Size for the breed : — Mature bulls 

 four years old or over, about 1500 lb. 4 



General appearance as indicative of 

 the power to beget animals of strong 

 dairy qualities lo 



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