The horse and other live stock . rceptible. As the hair of the milk-mirror has not the same directionas the hair which surrounds it, it may often be distinguishedby a difference in the shadereflected by it. It is thensufficient to place it properlyto the light in order to seethe difference in shade, andto make out the part coveredby the upward-growing frequently, however,the hair of the milk-mirror isthin and fine, and the colorof the skin can easily beseen. If the eye alone istrusted, we shall often bedeceived. In some countries cattle-dealers shave the back partof the cow. Just aft
The horse and other live stock . rceptible. As the hair of the milk-mirror has not the same directionas the hair which surrounds it, it may often be distinguishedby a difference in the shadereflected by it. It is thensufficient to place it properlyto the light in order to seethe difference in shade, andto make out the part coveredby the upward-growing frequently, however,the hair of the milk-mirror isthin and fine, and the colorof the skin can easily beseen. If the eye alone istrusted, we shall often bedeceived. In some countries cattle-dealers shave the back partof the cow. Just after this milk-mirror [ operation the mirrors can neither be seen nor felt; but thisinconvenience ceases in a few days. It may be added thatthe shaving—designed, as the dealers say, to beautify thecow—is generally intended simply to destroy the milk-mirror,and to deprive buyers of one means of judging of the milkingqualities of the cows. It is unnecessary to add that the cows most carefully shaven are those which are badly5. 66 CATTLE AND THEIR DISEASES. marked, and that it is prudent to take it for granted thatcows so shorn are bad milkers. Milk-mirrors vary in position, extent, and the figure whichthey represent. They may be divided according to theirposition, into mirrors or escutcheons, properly so called, orinto lower and upper tufts, or escutcheons. The latter arevery small in comparison with the former, and are situatedin close proximity to the vulva, as seen at 1, in cut E. Theyare very common on cows of bad milking races, but are veryrarely seen on the best milch cows. They consist of one ortwo ovals, or small bands of up-giow-ing hair, and serve to indicate thecontinuance of the flow of milk. Theperiod is short, in proportion as thetufts are large. They must not beconfounded with the escutcheon proper,which is often extended up to thevulva. They are separated from it bybands of hair, more or less large, asin cut marked F. Milk-mirrors are sometimes symme-MiLK-MiB
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