CATTLiEj ALUEIIMEVS. 
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ect well forward, and covered with soft, silky hair ; the teats fine, standing 
well apart, and nicely tapering ; tho milk veins prominent.” ' 
Characteristic Colors. 
The colors arc mostly light red or fawn, and black, mixed and plashed 
with white ; the solid colors are, we think,, generally favored, and, to our 
inind, the best cattle, as showing careful breeding, though wo have seen 
the most superior cattle among all these colors. So wo have seen some 
distinctly roan, with round, quite smooth forms, called pure ; they should 
always be avoided, as there is more than a suspicion that such have 
Short-Horn blood in them, which can do this breed no good, but on the 
contrary, harm. 
The breed is distinctly a milk breed, and is of no value whatever 
except as yielding fair messes of exceedingly rich milk — giving largely 
of the most superior cream, producing hard, and most delicately flavored 
butter. Thus any cross on tins ancient and carefully bred stock must 
necessarily injure them in the points where they excel other cows. Thcso 
arc : Superiority of the milk, cream and butter, golden in color, delicate 
in texture and flavor,. and commanding prices in the market, from wealthy 
citizens, that no other make can reach. 
They cro Milking Cows. 
Whichever of the three varieties may be chosen, they should be bred 
for this and nothing else. Whether the}" bo from Alderney, Jersey, or 
Guernsey, no infusion of other blood can improve them, neither can they 
improve any other breed. The bulls may improve our native cows, if tho 
cows be good milkers, the hereditary milking qualities of the race being 
pre-potent in the progeny. For this improvement, however, none but 
pure blood bulls should bo used, and this rule will hold good in all 
breeding. 
The pure animal is pre-potent, the grade is not, and pure bred animals 
of all the superior races are now so plenty that ic will hot pay to use grade 
bulls for the improvement of stock. 
Tho Valuo cf Purity. 
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To show the value cf purity, wo will perhaps, find no more appropriate 
place than this. 
A thorough-bred animal upon native stock produces in the first succeed- 
ing generation an animal partaking equally of the blood of the sire and 
dam, or what is called a half-blood. Tho next generation, or the produce 
of a full-blood and a half-blood will give a three-quarters-bred uuimai. 
