. Judging farm animals . Livestock. JUDGING THE DAIRY TYPE OF CATTLE 273. Fig. 150.âTile Points of a Dairy Cow, as reproduced upon Ormsby Jane Segis Aaggle 150943, champion Holstein-Friesian cow. As a senior four- year old, she has a seven-day record of lbs. butter. (Photo by courtesy American Agriculturist.) and gradually increasing in depth and thickness backward. Later, in 1875, Sturtevant Bros, of Massachusetts, in dis- cussing Ayrshire cattle form,^ stated that "in the dairy breeds, and in most animals particularly adapted to milk giving, there is a tendency toward accumulation
. Judging farm animals . Livestock. JUDGING THE DAIRY TYPE OF CATTLE 273. Fig. 150.âTile Points of a Dairy Cow, as reproduced upon Ormsby Jane Segis Aaggle 150943, champion Holstein-Friesian cow. As a senior four- year old, she has a seven-day record of lbs. butter. (Photo by courtesy American Agriculturist.) and gradually increasing in depth and thickness backward. Later, in 1875, Sturtevant Bros, of Massachusetts, in dis- cussing Ayrshire cattle form,^ stated that "in the dairy breeds, and in most animals particularly adapted to milk giving, there is a tendency toward accumulation of a larger part of the weight of the animal in the rearmost half. . As judged by a side view or from above, there is a certain wedge form. . This form becomes more strongly marked with age when the animal has been abundantly supplied with food. The yearling and two-years' old may have parallel rather than diverging lines on the side ; In 1875 the American Jersey Cattle Club adopted the scale of points, the first of its kind officially introduced to Amer- ica. The introduction of the practice of livestock judging â i The Dairy Cow: A Monograph on the Ayrshire Breed of Cattle, Boston, 1875. -. :,. 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. New York : Orange Judd Company
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