. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. Ihoto C. W. Kcid back are six large and very sharp teeth. The car-tilaginous front edge is far more useful for nip-ping off the grass than a row- of teeth would the owner of milch cows the production ofmilk is naturally of the greatest importance. 2IO OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS In all the females of the bovine race the milkis separated by glands. It is composed of awhite, opaque substance in which small glob-ules of fat are floating. The two chief glands. French Steer form the udder, and for the cattle breeder muchdepends on t
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. Ihoto C. W. Kcid back are six large and very sharp teeth. The car-tilaginous front edge is far more useful for nip-ping off the grass than a row- of teeth would the owner of milch cows the production ofmilk is naturally of the greatest importance. 2IO OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS In all the females of the bovine race the milkis separated by glands. It is composed of awhite, opaque substance in which small glob-ules of fat are floating. The two chief glands. French Steer form the udder, and for the cattle breeder muchdepends on the position of the teats, and alsoon the roundness and volume of the udder, formilch cows that are otherwise equal in conform-ation and in appearance will show great differ-ences in their production of milk. There aresome first-class cows that can give as much astwenty-four quarts of milk a day. Others givetwenty, ten, and even less, although they arenormal in shape, healthy in body, and in properdairy condition. The first milk drawn, which is for the calf,is clear and yellow. It is useful in clearingfrom the stomach of the little animal varioussubstances that are in him when he enters theworld. The greatest production of milk ismade when the cow is from five to ten yearsold, but it is a mistake to think that the milkof a cow which produces much is the furnishing a medium quantity daily maygive richer milk ; that of some cows, however,is always poor. The quantity of the milknaturally depends much on foo
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