LESSONS ON DAIRYING FOR RURAL SCHOOLS. 
29 
SCORE CARD FOR DAIRY COWS. 
(Dairy Division, Bureau of Animal Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture.) 
Points. 
1. General form. 
Wedge shaped, when viewed from side, top, and 
front 6 
Size for the breeds-Jersey, 800 pounds; Guernsey, 
1,050 pounds; Ayrshire, 1,000 pounds; Holstein, 
1 ,200 pounds 3 
2. Qualitv 
Hide— thin, mellow, pliable, and loose 2 
Hair— fine, soft 1 
Secretions— abundant, yellowish 1 
Flesh— muscular, free from bunchiness -1 
Veins— large and prominent 1 
Bone— fine and clean 1 
3. Head 
Forehead— broad between the eyes and dished 
according to breed 1.0 
Face— medium in length , clean cut in outline, dished 
below eyes 5 
Nostrils large 1.0 
Muzzle — broad, but not coarse 1.0 
Jaws— wide at base, strong 5 
Ears— medium sized, thin, hair fine, blood vessels 
showing, secretion abundant 5 
Eyes— full, prominent, clear, and bright 1.0 
Horns— small at base, incurving, attached close 
together at poll 5 
4. Neck 
Moderately thin, of good length, nearly free from 
loose skin, neatly joined, throat clean. 
5. Forequarters 
Shoulders— withers sharp; shoulder blades lean 2 
Chest— broad and deep, well-sprung fore-ribs; large 
heart girth ; moderately full crops; brisket light ... 8 
Forelegs— straight, fine bone, strong 1 
6. Body— capacity 
Back— straight, strong, vertebrae prominent 5 
Ribs— long, flat, well sprung, wide apart 3 
Abdomen (barrel)— long, deep, broad, well held up; 
loin broad, strong, and level; flanks low 10 
7. Hindquarters 
Hips— wide apart, prominent 3 
Rump — long, wide, level 3 
Pin bones— widely spaced, on level with hips 3 
Thighs— incurving; escutcheon broad, extending 
well up on pin bones 1 
Tail— tapering, fine boned, long and neatly set on; 
switch, long 1 
Hind legs— squarely placed not sickle-hocked, bone 
fine 1 
8. Mammary system 
Udder— large; quarters even and not cut up between; 
extending well up behind and well forward in 
front; not fleshy; soft and pliable 20 
Teats— squarely placed; even in size; of convenient 
size for milking; free from lumps, not leaky or 
hard to milk 8 
8. Mammary veins and wells— veins long, branching, 
tortuous, entering body well forward; wells large . 7 
T otal 
Perfect 
score. 
35 
Per- 
centage 
value. 
Stu- 
dent's 
score. 
Instruc- 
tor's 
score. 
Indicate score on the following basis: 1.0, perfect; 0.9, very slight defect; 0.8, slight defect; 0.7, defective; 
0.6, marked defect; and 0.5, poor. 
The number of points given for any particular part of the animal should be multiplied by the per cent 
given that part by the student. For example, an animal with defective wedges is given a rating of 0.7, 
which, multiplied by 6, the point allowed for perfect score, gives 4.2 as the final score for wedge-shaped. 
BUTTER SCORE CARD. 
Scale. 
Score. 
Remarks. 
45 
25 
15 
10 
5 
Texture 
Color 
Salt 
Package 
Total 
100 
