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ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 
Tho young of a puro-bred and thrce-quartcrs-bred will give a seven-eighths, 
bred. Following in tho same line tho next generation will give mi nninid 
possessing fifteen-sixteenths of pure blood. 
In reality it will be far more than we have stated, for tho pre-poteni 
clement of pure blood, constantly present, will continually bo an increas- 
ing integer in the progeny. Ilcncc animals from seven-eighths to fifteen- 
.sixteenths-bred, cannot be distinguished from one purely bred, except by 
a most critical, and at the same time expert judge. For all practical pur- 
poses they arc fully equal to an animal purely bred, that is to say, as 
dairy cows, but here tho comparison must end. A taint of impure blood 
once in, cannot be bred out for many generations — never in fact. There 
is always danger of reversion. One may, theoretically at least, breed 
grades up for a thousand years, and yet not have purely bred animals. 
Hence the extraordinary prices paid for stock, the pedigrees of which 
have been kept absolutely without taint of admixture. 
Tho Valuo cf Points. 
So important is the question of symmetry of form, and points of excel- 
lence, in stock, viewed as integers in the make-up of an animal — real value 
being adaptation to the necessities required — that, of late years, all animals 
arc judged thereby. As a study of these we give a iigured portrait of a 
model cow, illustrating perfection. 
These points may be adopted in judging any cow, so far as general 
characteristics are concerned, deviations being only m matters of form, 
color, peculiar markings, shape of horns, and general contour. Tho 
Guernseys, for instance, are larger, somowhat coarser, and have of lato 
years been placed in a family by themselves. 
The scale of points given are those adopted by tho Eoj-al Jersey Agri- 
cultural and Horticultural Society, in determining the merits of animals 
to be passed upon : 
Carlo cf Pcints— Cowo and Ilcif’rs. 
Point* 
1. Head, — small, fine and tapering 1 
2. Cheek, — small 1 
3. Throat, — clean 1 
4. Muzzle, — fine, ami encircled by a bright color 1 
fi. Nostrils, — high and open 1 
C. IIokxs,— smooth, crumpled, not loo thick at the base, and tapering 1 
7. Kars, — small and thin 1 
8. Kars,— of a deep orange color within 1 
0. Eve, — full and placid 1 
] ). Neck,— straight, fine, and placed lightly on the shoulders 1 
11. Chest,— broad and deep 1 
