1907.] 



Tin: " Score Card." 



37 



MlLCH Cow, Score Card. 



Name or Description of Cow 

 Weight and Age 



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KAL A I'J'EARANCE : 



Temperament, active, yet qu 

 Form, distinctly feminine, li 



flank or quarter 

 Quality and '/ouch. Skin « 

 25% flexible and elastic (handl 



whole animal covered with 



Skin of an unctuous, oily nature, denoting butter fat. 

 Action, head slightly raised and gracefully carried when 



walking, movement free from sweeping motion and 



active ... 



Legs, not too long, hone fine, and joints true ... 

 Udder, Milk Vein,' and Escutcheon: 



(All four quarters sound, otherwise disqualifies.) 

 An easy milker 



The Bag, carried well forward, extending well up and 

 wide behind 



Teats, wide apart and equidistant from each other, 



equal in size, well shaped, and of moderate length .. 

 23% The whole Udder showing great capacity 



Quality, soft and mellow to the touch, covered w ith 



loose, elastic, velvet-like skin, showing the veins .. 

 Milk Veins, large, prominent, and branched ... 

 Escutcheon, wide at thighs, and fine hair running up 



vertically. Above the hind speens showing two oval 



patches of down-growing hair ... 

 1 1 eai) and Neck : 



Horns, tine and waxy, and gracefully curved. A 

 yellow base indicating quality of milk 



Fate, moderately long, clean cut, and lean, wide across 

 forehead ... 



Eyes, blight and prominent, yet showing gentleness 

 6% and intelligence ... 



Nose, healthy, with large sensitive nostrils 

 / , tine and mobile, well fringed with hair. Inside 

 of ear yellow 



Neck, long (compared with beef animals), fine at its 

 junction with the head, and spreading out gracefully 

 to meet the shoulders ... 

 FORPQTJ \K I ERS : 



Chest, deep, show ing plenty of room for heart and lungs 

 Brisket, prominent, Dewlap line, with little loose -km 

 12% Shoulders, well laid back, fine, close at the points 

 Narrow at the chine ' ... 



liODY : 



Back, wedge-shaped when seen from above, of good 

 moderate length 

 \S% Ribs, well sprung and deep ... ... „ 



Abdomen, very capacious, but not baggy or unsightly . 



Flank, deep and nrm to the touch ... ... ... 



I ftNDQUAR 1 ERS : 



flips, wide apart and neat (a hollow between spine and 



point of hips i> desirable for milk) 



Quarters, long ... ... ... ... ... ..J 



Pin Bones, far apart 



Tail, put on Level with the spine, tine and tapering to 



a point, and showing a good tassel 

 Thighs i sinewy, long, thin, and wel' henl 



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