Archive image from page 257 of Dairy farming being the. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying dairyfarmingbein00shel Year: 1880 188 DAIRY FARMING. division of the iidiler into four quarters is not strictly correct, thouo-h the four teats are indepen- dent of each other, forming as it were four(li\isions of tlie uddei, for ducts and blood-vessels run from the foremost part of the udder to the other ex- tremity, and vice verm. The outer skin of the animal covers also the udder, only that it is thinner and softer there, and especially at the base of the teats it i
Archive image from page 257 of Dairy farming being the. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying dairyfarmingbein00shel Year: 1880 188 DAIRY FARMING. division of the iidiler into four quarters is not strictly correct, thouo-h the four teats are indepen- dent of each other, forming as it were four(li\isions of tlie uddei, for ducts and blood-vessels run from the foremost part of the udder to the other ex- tremity, and vice verm. The outer skin of the animal covers also the udder, only that it is thinner and softer there, and especially at the base of the teats it is very fltie and jjeeuliarly elastic. The degree of fineness of the skin on the udder is in direct relation to the structure of the other skin and to the individuality of the animal. Also, the iuiir on the udder gives us a clue as to the condition of the animal. Cows with thick, coarse skin have also stifT, coarse, and long hair on the udder; while with fine skin the hair is scarce, soft, and lustrous. The teats are hair- less. The udder is not merely covered with the general skin of the body, but underlying it there is a strong layer of connective tis- sue, from which elastic fibres ramify in the substance of the glands, and serve to give the parts solidity. Ligaments connect the upper part of the glands with the muscles of the l)elly. The fil)rous partition, which lias been already mentioned, is called the Ligamen- ium suspensorium mammarum, and is the most im- ])ortant structure to hold the mammal glands in thei r position. 11 descends between the two glands, and is united by numerous fibres with the layer of connective tissue afore-mentioned, and consists ])rincipally of bundles of elastic fibres interwoven like network, and inlaid with thickened connective The division into fourquartors is, however,-very useful in a pructiciil sense ; und us tliere are four sejiarate , and sometimes even six—thouf];h the two hindermost in tliese cases are imperfectly devel
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