106 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Fore Quarters: 



Withers — Lean, thin 1 



Shoulders — Light, oblique 2 



Legs — Straight, short ; shank fine 2 



Body: 



Chest — Deep, low, girth large with full fore flank 10 



Barrel — Ribs broad, long, wide apart; large stomach 10 



Back — Lean, straight, open jointed 2 



Loin — Broad 2 



Navel — Large 2 



Hind Quarters: 



Hips — Far apart, level 2 



Rump — Long, wide 2 



Pin Bones or Thurls — High, wide apart 1 



Tail — Long, slim ; fine hair in switch 1 



Thighs— Thin, long 4 



Escutcheon — Spreading over thighs, extending high and wide; 



large high ovals 2 



and full, flexible; quarterd full behind, extending far in front 



Udder — Long, attached high and even and free from fleshiness .... 20 



Teats — Large, evenly placed 5 



Mammary Veins — Large, long, tortuous, branched with double ex- 

 tension; large and numerous milk wells 5 



Legs — Straight ; shank fine 2 



Total 100 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Gurler: — I don't know as I have very much to add, but 

 if I could say a word that would drive home the importance of 

 this point just made I would be glad to do it. It seems to me 

 it is hard to over estimate the value of this work. When you 

 stop to think of what Mr. Hart told us this morning — that they 

 found one cow that could produce three times as much, or at 

 one-third of the cost, which is practically the same thing — pro- 

 duced three times as much from the same feed, it shows you have 

 got to test the cows. You have to become acquainted with them. 

 It seems so foolish to go through life fooling around with cows 

 that are running us in debt ; I don't see any sense in it. No busi- 



