. Beginnings in animal husbandry. Livestock; Poultry. JUDGING DAIRY CATTLE 185 mal, as a rule, has the thinner and more elastic hide of the two. Those cattle that are of Jersey or Guernsey blood, have very mellow, most elastic hides, that sometimes resemble a mole skin in their soft, pliable nature. Yellow color in the ears, skin and horns, is regarded as evidence of quality, and indicates the production of milk rich in color. The Guernsey cattle club places such a high value on the color of the secre-. Fig. 108. Dairy bull type, showing tho muscular form and thin thiphs. This is Lord Yeksa, a
. Beginnings in animal husbandry. Livestock; Poultry. JUDGING DAIRY CATTLE 185 mal, as a rule, has the thinner and more elastic hide of the two. Those cattle that are of Jersey or Guernsey blood, have very mellow, most elastic hides, that sometimes resemble a mole skin in their soft, pliable nature. Yellow color in the ears, skin and horns, is regarded as evidence of quality, and indicates the production of milk rich in color. The Guernsey cattle club places such a high value on the color of the secre-. Fig. 108. Dairy bull type, showing tho muscular form and thin thiphs. This is Lord Yeksa, a Guernsey bull. Photograph from the owner, J. H. Reirne, of Wisconsin. tions, that 15 points are allowed this feature in their scale of points. The temperament of the dairy animal should show plenty of nervous force. This does not moan an excitable dispo- sition, but lively rather than phlegmatic. Dairy bulls usually show plenty of nervous force, as compared with beef stock. The cow is constituted to produce milk, which requires a large amount of vitality and nervous en( 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. St. Paul, Minn. , Webb Publishing Co.
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