HOW TO TELL A GOOD COW.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 398, 6 January 1909, Page 5

HOW TO TELL A GOOD COW.

'ai'^lMMi^v,^ '.veina'V-iii''--front"'pf.")th6i"ndderrare" : -usually''-ran: infallibleVmark: of /a, good-', milch: :.; cow; and the .larger, /they / are' the abetter. ;the: ;'/'• indications; ./In; extra: gobies'.'co'w ; s' they/branch ; / out / into four, arteries /along ' the helly, .'but, '/'they ; all;/unite, before./reaching/.the'.udder.' , V./Tlie/inore'irfegular./the.cburse the.inore sure ;.::ybU'may : ;be/.the/cow. is .'•■'?•-'the.vein's''give • ho/indication:'of/thd"^ quality/' j'/xr/richness/of/tlie/M . ;:■./ be';.:.cdvißrcd : :/with;-a.,:"short,'.,downy/.coat \of : < 'should v begini;tb;. turn'; its/ ; ■v. \ backward/course-.• fromjthe.'-"front-;.'teats,.run-- : /V/nihg./'&,"[.this direction .'.between-/the,;teats, - '-tben'6n;'the::back : part/of the .udder/ called . ;;~the ; escutcheon,/and '-'on;; asi faras the vulva , /'•in':the"' : best:cows..;-,Tho wider the belt, of'this .>,/upturjied:>ha)r'}'t!^hetteft''V ; ; /:/: snort \ and. '■, velvety, '■:. co ver'ing - a soft, -/ Orange? ; ':-/coldure<l/,skin;f j| Thei|shape ; and;/size;<if \ the/ ': ; ',-!/:index/]6f. a/good.cow.; :v;All'/the: other 'marks' //are/only/of -relative i_importahceV«a'nd-:.it;:is;. :.: b'etter-;:to ; hav4''/a r 'Scraggy'-10dking '.bow ..any ' . 'day;with'a^gbdd/udder;than/a/'gfand-looking .'./:, No//'matter i > /how gbbd-lopkmfe ;a-!dairy/ cow; may be, /ex-' ;. /cept; she/'has/a well-deycldped'.udder, .with ■its -,-accbmpanym'g-,-; r network : . /of//,: mammary/ ; '.'" • , glands^'sh6'':-daiinbt.;-b6- i excel as' . :.'- aj.'paMller./. As : a'rule, heavy."niilkers;./are. s/seldom?/the // best-looMng/; cows,-','-, because : /•. though'v.gfl.od-lobking.'; animals-/ capable, /of; i ■'■'•' \ creditably' acquitting -/themselves/ .at the. pail are ■'occasionally;•' met with, it. is .the'almost; .invariable rule to: find cows:'.which i are 'good' /at the/pail//very/thin- in" the' fleshy/narrow :.-;'.- acrossi'.tne; shoulder, slack - oyer.- the,, loins, ;•;and- deficient: from .a butcher's' J : point.^f;.view.. The ideal udder'/is the..one. .'whichyis/ well developed both fore-and-aft, : one/ that ..is carried high ;.iip; toward; the /; escutcheon, : and /at "the- same . time 1 , goes /a/ .:/;; long .way/ fonvard- underthe': belly. .Inaddi- : tipn the, udder must/be ."deep.: and ; ..■'square/:^shape--the' r deeper ; ahd. squai-er the Its '.four, .teats, should bo of" good ..size', /end. placed as nearly as possible, at. . . equal / •' apart.;.' Cows' possessing : ... this kind may/ always be. counted' -.. "/oil-to^ovo.' good'.milkorsj just as other cows possessing/small,, round-shaped udders, with /./'.teats ]f|§-/close .together .' that //they almost ./''. toubh^pne,:another" ;at. the /points;, may in-/-'■'variabty/beput.ddwn as,;poor pail-fillers, no; V matter'Sho'w... fine /their '■ appearance may. be,' ~ or hos- good-looking in other respects. ./