Live stock : a cyclopedia for the farmer and stock owner including the breeding, care, feeding and management of horses, cattle, swine, sheep and poultry with a special department on dairying : being also a complete stock doctor : with one thousand explanatory engravings . ction. First in the sire ; second, in the young calf, judged largelyby the milking qualities of the dam ; and lastly is applied the greatest ofall tests, perforinanee at the pail ; and not till she answers this satisfac-torily IS she accorded a permanent place in the dairy. 60 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCT
Live stock : a cyclopedia for the farmer and stock owner including the breeding, care, feeding and management of horses, cattle, swine, sheep and poultry with a special department on dairying : being also a complete stock doctor : with one thousand explanatory engravings . ction. First in the sire ; second, in the young calf, judged largelyby the milking qualities of the dam ; and lastly is applied the greatest ofall tests, perforinanee at the pail ; and not till she answers this satisfac-torily IS she accorded a permanent place in the dairy. 60 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. XIX. Measurements Adopted for Dutch Friesian Cattle. The measurements adopted by the Dutch-Friesian Association of Amer-ica in estimating value, with a view to tabulated records in future, includ-ing milk records, are as follows: 1—Length from point of shoulder topoint of pelvis. 2—Length from forward jjoint of hips to point of —A\idth of hips. 4—Width at the thurl. 5—Height at —Height at hips. 7—Girth at the smallest circumference immediatelyback of shoulders. XX. Hovi^ to Select Dairy Cows. To sum up the whole matter of dairy breeds in a few words: If richmilk, without regard to quantity, is desired, select the little ONE-YEAR-OLD GALLOWAY photographed for this work. They mil certainly satisfy the most difficult to please. If both butterand milk are wanted, our preference would lie with the Ayrshires. Butif great quantities of milk excellently adapted to the manufacture ofcheese were the object, we should have no hesitation in saying, the Dutchcattle will quite fill the most sanguine expectations o H
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