The horse and other live stock . lso be found on cows which can scarcely be called good,and which should be ranked in thenext class. But cows, whether havingvery well developed mirrors or not,may be reckoned as very good, and asgiving as much milk as is to be ex-pected from their size, food, and thehygienic circumstances in which theyare kept, if they present the followingcharacteristics : veins of the perineumlarge, as if swollen, and visible on theexterior—as in cut A—or which caneasily be made to appear by pressingupon the base of the perineum ; veinsof the udder large and knotted ; milk-ve
The horse and other live stock . lso be found on cows which can scarcely be called good,and which should be ranked in thenext class. But cows, whether havingvery well developed mirrors or not,may be reckoned as very good, and asgiving as much milk as is to be ex-pected from their size, food, and thehygienic circumstances in which theyare kept, if they present the followingcharacteristics : veins of the perineumlarge, as if swollen, and visible on theexterior—as in cut A—or which caneasily be made to appear by pressingupon the base of the perineum ; veinsof the udder large and knotted ; milk-veins large, oftendouble, equal on both sides, and forming zig-zags, under thebelly. To the signs furnished by the veins and by the mirror,may be added also the following marks : a uniform, verylarge, and yielding udder, shrinking much in milking, tndcovered with soft skin and fine hair; good constitution, fullchest, regular appetite, and great propensity to drink. Suchcows rather incline to be poor than to be fat. The skin is. HIliK-MIRROB [G]. TO CATTLE AND THEIR DISEASES. soft and yielding; shgrt, fine hair; small head; fine horns;bright, sparkling eye ; mild expression ; feminine look ; witha fine neck. Cows of this first class are very rare. They give, evenwhen small in size, from ten to fourteen quarts of milk aday; and the largest sized from eighteen to twenty-sixquarts a day, and even more. Just after calving, if arrivedat maturity and fed with good, wholesome, moist food insufficient quantity and quality, adapted to promote the secre-tion of milk, they can give about a pint of milk for everyten ounces of hay, or its equivalent, which they eat. They continue in milk for a long period. The best nevergo dry, and may be milked even up to the time of calving,giving from eight to ten quarts of milk a day. But even thebest cows often fall short of the quantity of milk which theyare able to give, from being fed on food which is too dry, ornot sufficiently varied, or not rich
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