. Animal husbandry. Livestock. i8o JUDGING CATTLE. Quality. — Quality is indicated by clean, fine bones, free from roughness and coarseness; fine, soft hair; and loose, mellow skin of medium thickness with an abundance of yellow secretion. Coarseness of any kind means plain breeding or lack of breeding for any particular purpose. Coarse, rough cows are poor mothers, and poor mothers make poor dairy cows. The yellow secretion means that the secreting glands of the body are in good, healthy, active con- dition. Well-fed and cared-for cows show more secretion than those that are poorly kept. The
. Animal husbandry. Livestock. i8o JUDGING CATTLE. Quality. — Quality is indicated by clean, fine bones, free from roughness and coarseness; fine, soft hair; and loose, mellow skin of medium thickness with an abundance of yellow secretion. Coarseness of any kind means plain breeding or lack of breeding for any particular purpose. Coarse, rough cows are poor mothers, and poor mothers make poor dairy cows. The yellow secretion means that the secreting glands of the body are in good, healthy, active con- dition. Well-fed and cared-for cows show more secretion than those that are poorly kept. The amount of secretion varies with the breed of the animal, and it may also vary with different individuals within the breed. The amount of secretion and the color of it is said by some to be an index to the quality of the fat content of the milk. Temperament. — The term temperament includes, in our generally accepted meaning of the word, disposition, but it means more than disposition. Dairy temperament might be defined as the inherited attributes of the dairy animal which make it possible for her to change large quan- tities of food into milk and milk solids, and to transmit those qualities to her offspring. The temperament of the dairy animal is spoken of as " ; This does not mean that the dairy animal should be erratic, according to our often accepted meaning of the term " ; The term is used here to mean just what the derivation of the word Fig. 72. — Wedge shaped side of a dairy 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 Tormey, John Lawless, 1881-; Lawry, Rolla Cecil, 1884- joint author; Hatch, K. L. (Kirk Lester), 1871-. New York, American Book Co
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