. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 6/8 SHEEP jaw extends beyond the upper, showing the teeth. The ears are frequently very large, long, and droopy, or they may be short and pointed. The color is very bright brown or black. The hair is short on some specimens and long on others. The udder is large and the lobes are deeply divided, with very good-sized teats. This is one of the highest types of milch goats, is credited with as much as ten to twelve quarts of milk a day, and is said to rarely give less than four quarts per day. This breed has been crossed on other goats to special adv
. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 6/8 SHEEP jaw extends beyond the upper, showing the teeth. The ears are frequently very large, long, and droopy, or they may be short and pointed. The color is very bright brown or black. The hair is short on some specimens and long on others. The udder is large and the lobes are deeply divided, with very good-sized teats. This is one of the highest types of milch goats, is credited with as much as ten to twelve quarts of milk a day, and is said to rarely give less than four quarts per day. This breed has been crossed on other goats to special advantage. Nu- bian goats are very docile. They lack hardiness, be- ing quite unable to with- stand cold. The Anglo-Nubian goat orginated from crossing the prick-eared common English goat with the lop- eared Nubian. Crossbred goats of this ancestry were shown in England as far back as 1875, at the first goat show held at the Crys- tal Palace, and since then it has been continuously before the British public. Pegler regards it as a dis- tinct breed. Thompson, however, gives it a very incidental refer- ence. Pegler specifies the following as points of an Anglo-Nubian: Coat short throughout, with no fringe of long hair on the back or long tufts on the flanks; color preferably black and tan, or reddish-brown, with or without black or black-and-white markings, but free from white streaks on the sides of the face, which would indicate Swiss blood. The horns, if any, should be small and curve downwards and outwards, rather than directly upwards. The ears must be long, wide, and pendulous, or semi-pendulous, but not broken or twisted. The facial line should be somewhat arched, the head neat, with a slight taper toward the muzzle, which is small, and in the female without beard. The eye should be large and full, and the forehead Fig. 319. Phyllis, an imported Toggenburg doe showing a very great development of the udder. From photograph, by courtesy of Professor F. K. Cooke, Winnetka
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