Practical Agriculture. 547 = 281 
Article. Points. 
Broiiglit forward 21 
22. Fore-arm, swelling, and full above the knee ., .. 1 
23. Hindquarters, from the hock to the point of the ramp, 
long and well filled up 
24. Hind legs, short and straight (below the hocks), and 
bones rather fine 
25. Hind legs, squarely placed, not too close together when 
viewed from behind J 
26. Hind legs, not to cross in walking 1 
27. Hoofs, small 1 
28. Udder, full in form — i. e., well in line with the belly 1 
29. Udder, well up behind 1 
30. Teats, large and squarely placed, behind wide apart .. 1 
31. Milk-veins, very proniinent 1 
32. Growth 1 
33. General appearance 1 
34. Condition 1 
Perfection 34 
No prize shall be awarded to cows having less than 29 points. 
No prize shall be awarded to heifers having less than 26 points. 
Cows having obt<aincd 27 points, and heifers 24 jxiints, shall be allowed to 
: branded, but cannot take a prize. 
Three points — viz., Nos. 28, 29, and 31 — shall be deducted from the number 
quired for perfection in heifers, as their udder and milk-veins cannot be 
Uy developed ; a heifer will therefore be considered perfect at 31 points. 
By attention to the rules and by crossings, so as to remove 
efects in the bull, a lighter head, a broad forehead, finer horns, 
more square form, a round barrel, a better chest, cleaner limbs, 
nd a better handling, have been obtained ; the rich orange 
Dlour within the ear has been retained ; and as a fashion in 
)lour, either a rich brown edged with a mouse-coloured band 
bout an inch wide, or a cream colour either on a white or 
ray ground, is preferred. 
Bulls are allowed to serve as soon as they become yearlings ; 
hich is injurious to the constitution, but is said to preserve 
le race small and fine-boned. 
By similar attention the general form of the cow has wonder- 
illy improved ; most cows reaching 21 points, with a fine head, 
lively eye, crumpled horns, a straight back, a round barrel, fine 
imbs, and a brisk step. IVIany, from 14 to 20 quarts of milk 
aily, will produce between 10 and 14 lbs. of rich yellow butter 
er week. Some cows yield no less than 20 to 26 quarts daily. 
Norfolk and Suffolk Polls. — The prevailing colour of this Norfolk and 
ireed was a mouse-dun, changed latterly to pale red, red and Suftolk polls 
vhite, or yellowish and white. 
Suffolk cattle, according to the earliest records on the subject, 
vere polled, and, originally, dun in colour ; later on they are 
itescribed as red, red and white, and brindled. 
From a very early period large numbers of polled Galloway 
