. Bulletin. rm in this Jersey, and as you saw it from three positions, wecall it a triple wedge form. That is what we call dairy type. Yet one of the most wonderful things about the dairy cow, that 7 we have hardly referred to, is her udder, or as we often call it, her is held by strong muscles up between the hind legs at the thigh,and when it is of good shape it has considerable front and rear to it,with four nice teats hung on a level and wide apart, and just big andlong enough for a man to take them comfortably in his full hand whenhe is milking. Now when you first looked at Silver
. Bulletin. rm in this Jersey, and as you saw it from three positions, wecall it a triple wedge form. That is what we call dairy type. Yet one of the most wonderful things about the dairy cow, that 7 we have hardly referred to, is her udder, or as we often call it, her is held by strong muscles up between the hind legs at the thigh,and when it is of good shape it has considerable front and rear to it,with four nice teats hung on a level and wide apart, and just big andlong enough for a man to take them comfortably in his full hand whenhe is milking. Now when you first looked at Silvers Mollie from be-hind, you said her thighs were thin and muscular. That is just as sheshould be. If her thighs were thick and meaty she would not haveroom in between for that big, fine udder which makes so much is one other thing, Harry, to which I want to call yourattention that but few people ever notice. If you will put your handupon the under side of the body of Silvers Mollie, in front of her. v. â SHE IS LEAN ALL OVEK. uddei-, you will feel a great big vein on one side; on the other side youwill find another. These are called milk veins, and on some cows theyare almost an inch thick and are twisted along under the belly in amost interesting way, and finally disappear at a hole in the belly, whichis known as the milk well. Good judges of dairy cattle think the bestmilkers, as a rule, have large udders, milk veins, and milk are always much larger on old cows than young ones, just asthe veins on the hands of old people always stand out more than theydo on you young chaps. The cows udder is a most wonderful thingand of great capacity. Good cows give several times more than theirweight in milk. In 1905 Silvers Mollie made 6286 pounds of milk, which is seven times as much as her own body weight of 900 pounds,and that milk contained over 300 pounds of butter fat. Now, Henry, when you put your hands on Czarina, you foundher all covered with mellow flesh, b
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