. Agriculture [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture. ler tongue itli, closer: lent of tlie ) tukc the the cow. they chew ecting the s into the jgh which t of the jur sacs all or largest r })aunch); cticulum); 111); e the When a d, it passes t stomach ine eating, taking in digest it. mig some iroiigh the it becomes ght on into If licjuid cs right '>n [he od, tl cud so nc(X's- f a horse from 60 to CATTLE. ^31 Dairy Cattle.—Figure 72 shows the general form of a good dairy cow, an animal in which the end desired is to give as large an amount as possible of rich milk at the least cost for food.
. Agriculture [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture. ler tongue itli, closer: lent of tlie ) tukc the the cow. they chew ecting the s into the jgh which t of the jur sacs all or largest r })aunch); cticulum); 111); e the When a d, it passes t stomach ine eating, taking in digest it. mig some iroiigh the it becomes ght on into If licjuid cs right '>n [he od, tl cud so nc(X's- f a horse from 60 to CATTLE. ^31 Dairy Cattle.—Figure 72 shows the general form of a good dairy cow, an animal in which the end desired is to give as large an amount as possible of rich milk at the least cost for food. C.'ontrast the outlines of this animal with the one shown in figure 70. As a rule, the large dairy herds are com- mutlify. ittf Fig. 72. — l';iit^ of a iiiudcl dairy cuw. posed of grade cows; these are the offs[)ring of pure-bred sires and common dams. There is an old saying, "The sire is half the ; This is illustrated in tiie following table of the offspring of a pure-bred sire and of a common (scrulj) sire : Pure-bred sire. Common cows or dams. 1. Grades, one-half pure. 2. Three-tjuarters pure. 3. Seven-eighths pure. Common (scrub) sire. Pure-bred cows or dams. 1. Crades, one-half pure. 2. One-cjuarter pure. 3. One-eighth pure (scrub). This statement means that in the first case we start with a herd of common cows and a pure-bred sire. The first genera- tion of calves will all be grades, one-half pure-bred, 'ihe calves of these and the pure-bred sire will all be three-quarters pure-bred, and their calves will be seven-eighths pure-bred. t. 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 James, C. C. (Charles Canniff), 1863-1916. Toronto : G. N. Morang
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