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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER.' 
October 7 
JUDGING DISHORNED CATTLE. 
Is any distinction ever made in judging 
dishorned cattle at fairs? Are such cattle 
marked down in the scale of points? 
So far as I am aware, the question has 
no significance in Canada. None of our 
large fairs has any rules on the subject, 
and there is no discrimination between 
horned and dishorned cattle in our prize 
rings. As a rule, our breeders prefer to 
retain the horns, and so it is only oc¬ 
casionally that a dishorned animal is 
exhibited; but although I have regularly 
shown a herd of Holstein-Priesians for 
years at the largest fairs, I have never 
heard a complaint that the dishorned 
animals did not get justice. I have a 
wide acquaintance among exhibitors, 
and may say that my observation goes 
to show that it is not a live question 
here at all. 
It seems to me absurd to debar cattle 
from exhibition on account of the ab¬ 
sence of horns. I can admire an animal 
with horns, typical of the breed, just as 
much as any one, but I am free to con¬ 
fess that, in this practical age, such sen¬ 
timental considerations justly carry lit¬ 
tle weight. All my cattle wear horns, 
and will continue to do so, but I am 
quite wiilling to compete with dishorned 
cattle on equal terms, g. w. clemons. 
St. George, Ontario. 
CALF COWS. 
“Precocious Lactation” in Heifers. 
On page 682 the story was told of a Jer¬ 
sey heifer that gave milk when only six 
months old! The following notes of simi¬ 
lar cases have been sent us by breeders: 
I have had instances where calves 
ran together and sucked one another, in 
which the teats and udder enlarged 
somewhat, and if left to continue suck¬ 
ing, would ultimately bring milk. 
Lafayette, Ind. o. c. goldsmith. 
In my opinion, almost any vigorous 
Jersey heifer could be made to develop 
a considerable flow of milk without 
being served by a bull, providing that, 
commencing when in heat, her udder 
were regularly and persistently manipu¬ 
lated. .1. D. VANVALKENBURGI1. 
Greene, N. Y. 
In our personal experience, we have 
never had a case of this precocious lac¬ 
tation in heifers, but instances of this 
kind are so commonly reported that 
there is no doubt that it occurs. It is in 
perfect accord with the physiology of 
milk-giving. The special activity of the 
mammary glands, which causes them to 
secrete milk, is generally,but not always, 
due to pregnancy and parturition. There 
are recorded instances, considered credi¬ 
ble, where the rudimentary mammae of 
the human male have been so far de¬ 
veloped as to secrete milk. 
JARED VAN WAGENEN JR. 
New York. 
I have been handling Jerseys for 
about 12 years, and have had several 
cases where young heifers have given 
milk before ever having calves. At one 
time, a yearling heifer was sucked by 
some calves and brought to her milk in 
such quantity that we milked her regu¬ 
larly, and used her milk, but I could not 
state the amount, as it was put 'in with 
that from the rest of the herd. She 
proved to be a “non-breeder,” and was 
sent to the butcher. I have a heifer 
now, just a year old, that has so much 
of an udder that several have asked 
whether she was not in calf. She would, 
evidently, give milk if I would take it. 
Last Summer, I had two heifers whose 
udders filled so that I milked them sev¬ 
eral months before calving, but I do not 
consider this advisable when it can be 
avoided. g. e. coleman. 
Perry Center, N. Y. 
Fed Into Milk. —I have had one of 
that kind at my farm. The one I had 
was brought to this condition, in my 
opinion, purely from a course of feeding 
for the purpose of demonstrating what 
was considered a theory, to be a fact, 
viz., that the matter of kinds of food 
fed to a heifer for the first year of her 
age would largely determine what she 
could do the rest of her life as to the 
producing of milk or beef. The result 
of my course of feeding was that, at the 
age of one year and 10 days, I had a 
Jersey heifer giving milk, and she con¬ 
tinued to do so for 11 months before she 
had a calf. I have known of several 
that, because of being sucked by an¬ 
other, have been brought to their milk. 
It is a very common thing among Jer¬ 
seys to have them take service so that 
they give birth to a calf at the age of 
from 14 to 16 months, and because of 
this their offspring are strongly bred 
towards milk producing, and with just 
a little skill in feeding and being ju¬ 
diciously handled, they can be forced to 
unnatural conditions, u. s. matteson. 
New York._ 
KNOWN BY HER SHAPE. 
The Business Dairy Cow. 
In a recent lecture before the Rural 
Science Club, at the University of Ten¬ 
nessee, Prof. A. M. Soule spoke of the 
shape of the dairy cow as indicating her 
value. There has been some argument 
as to which should be called the “Busi¬ 
ness End” of a cow. There are argu¬ 
ments for both ends. Prof. Soule has 
this to say about the front end: 
“Commencing with the head, we have 
the poll, the eye, and the dish, three 
points that should receive special atten¬ 
tion in a dairy cow. A cow that has the 
poll, or the point between the horns, 
wide, is generally a good milker. We 
assign as a reason for this the fact that 
it is an indication of nervous energy. 
When you see a man of high, broad 
forehead, you expect him to be a brainy 
man. We desiire and seek the same 
thing in a cow, for the reason that milk 
is the direct product of nervous energy. 
We want every point that indicates high 
nervous energy strongly developed, and 
a very large brain indicates a well-nour¬ 
ished nervous system. 
“Next look at the eye. Probably the 
eye is one of the best indicators of nerv¬ 
ous energy, or character, that you can 
find any where. When you meet a man 
whom you do not like, you condemn him 
probably as much for his eye as any 
other feature of his face. The eye seems 
to show the soul. The same thing is dis¬ 
played in the cow. We look for those 
things that indicate good temper, or, we 
might, say, for pleasing features. We 
look for those features that are attrac¬ 
tive. You will find the eye of the Jersey 
cow probably the most highly cultured 
eye in the dairy world. A large, limpid, 
clear, placid eye, it gives you the idea at 
once of a gentle, kindly disposition, and 
at the same time of-a strong, vigorous 
nervous temperament. 
“Following the eye comes the dish of 
the face. The dish is not due to the 
curvatures of the nasal bone so much as 
to the prominence of the eye and the 
brain. We count the dish a good point 
for that reason. 
“The next point to consider is the 
neck. Now, the neck of a good dairy 
cow will be longer than that of a beef 
animal. In the dairy cow, you want a 
rather loose-jointed animal, with a long 
neck and a loosely wedged body. In the 
steer, you look for a short body, and a 
compact, thick neck. For two reasons, 
we do not want that type in the dairy 
cow. Where you find a heavy, short, 
thick neck, you have, as a rule, a ten¬ 
dency to meat production; whereas the 
opposite tendency would naturally be 
sought. Second, animals require a cer¬ 
tain quantity of food for maintenance; 
all over that produces milk, fat, energy, 
as the case may be. In a dairy animal 
that has both tendencies, instead of all 
the surplus food material going to the 
production of milk, it is divided between 
two antagonizing purposes, and you get 
a meager flow of milk of variable qual¬ 
ity. Therefore, we look for the neck to 
be rather long, and thin from side to 
side, or ewe-necked, as it is sometimes 
called. It should, also have depth, and 
be free from loose flesh, or dewlap.” 
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