162 FARM ANIMALS 
in dairy cows. These are known to be the wedgelike 
shape of the body when observed from the front, side 
or rear; the wide spacing of the eyes; the fine, narrow 
forequarters and broad, spacious hindquarters; the 
springing ribs,long and 
wide apart; the refined 
feminine countenances; 
the hair, silklike and 
smoothly laid on the 
skin, which itself is 
fine, mellow and soft to 
the touch. In addition 
to these characteristics 
Dairy TYPE 
Contrast with beef type on page 163. the stomach should be 
prominent, the udder 
large and not flabby or fleshy, with medium large teats, 
evenly set; and extending forward along the abdomen 
should be strong, tortuous milk veins, which, carried in- 
ternally, are admitted by means of large milk wells. The 
dairy cow is angular, lithe, thin; she gives off the nutri- 
ment of her food as milk and does not lay it on her 
skeleton as fat or flesh. She is a dairy philanthropist; 
she gives away the product she manufactures. 
5. Beef cattle different—On the other 
hand beef animals are meat misers. They 
hold fast to the assimilated products of 
their food. On the several parts of their 
sturdy frames they store fat and protein 
as if they were providing for rainy days 
or for times when the food years might 
be lean. Unlike their dairy cousins, they 
supply only small quantities of milk, or 
milk with little butter fat in it. The pro- 
duction of milk is only an incident: they 
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REAR OF STEER 
