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should be considerable thickness, the dividing furrow 

 shallow, and no meatiness the good udder when milked 

 out being fairly well shrunken." While the ultimate 



test of the milking 

 ability will be the 

 scales and the Bab- 

 cock test, there can 

 be no doubt 

 I ;' whatever after a 

 | close study of the 

 experiments of 

 Prof. Plumb that 

 the shape and con- 

 : struction of the ud- 

 der are valuable 

 indications toward 

 getting a correct 



A Poor Fore Udder. i( J ea f t h e milling 



abilities of a cow. The above authority calls attention to ' 

 the lack of fore udder in many cows and gives figures to 

 back up his contention, that the best udder is the squarely- 

 balanced, elastic-feeling udder, with a large blood sup- 

 ply. Certain breeds are deficient in this respect, the 

 Ayrshire, however, being strong in fore udder develop- 

 ment. There is much in heredity; many stock breeders 

 examine the bull intended to head their herds, for the 

 placing of the rudimentaries (small teats just in front of 

 bag or scrotum) as they believe that such placing is an 

 indication of the probable placing of the teats in his 

 progeny, consequently they want the rudimentaries 

 squarely placed. Prof. Plumb puts the question "may 



