. Judging farm animals . Livestock. JUDGING THE DAIRY TYPE OF CATTLE 287 usual spread between shoulder points and forelegs. In itself it is evidence of weakness and the judge would be justified in so ruling, but it need not be regarded as serious enough to cause severe discrimination. The legs should be short and carried comparatively straight, and wide enough apart to give evidence of good constitution. Too many dairy cows stand with their legs quite close together,. Fig. 158.—"The chest of the dairy cow should be deep, yet not as wide through, comparatively, as the beef ; evide
. Judging farm animals . Livestock. JUDGING THE DAIRY TYPE OF CATTLE 287 usual spread between shoulder points and forelegs. In itself it is evidence of weakness and the judge would be justified in so ruling, but it need not be regarded as serious enough to cause severe discrimination. The legs should be short and carried comparatively straight, and wide enough apart to give evidence of good constitution. Too many dairy cows stand with their legs quite close together,. Fig. 158.—"The chest of the dairy cow should be deep, yet not as wide through, comparatively, as the beef ; evidencing too narrow a chest. The positions of legs and feet of the dairy animal should be carried the same as the beef type, as described on page 245. The body of the dairy cow is often referred to by stock- men as the barrel or middle piece. As a whole, it differs from the beef animal, in lacking flesh and possessing more length and perhaps wider spacing between the vertebrte and ribs. The chest of the dairy cow should be deep, yet not as. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. New York : Orange Judd Company
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