SHAPE IN COWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 493, 28 April 1909, Page 10

SHAPE IN COWS.

A noticeable-^feature]•. anion g'-'portraits,.of. prize-winning -,-bulls-...;;:aud : '''cows (says -an' authority) "is. that ■th'ey.'.liav.eVa ■ wide forehead,; one which holds .indo. to.;-;tlie' ; :.bonc.;,of Hw. horn. One .;.iseldoirivlsßys.-; :.a '■'■ ammal :with-'a;>narr<)W-:vfprehead'. This ■■.or; itself is ono.' 6f'.:..tha.-..'.b'.est : strtution )^intblligencet) --'and;pqTCer , 'l» h trah'6niii; ; quality .to' tho".offspr : irig ; 'if a malo,..and _of; being a good' producer;,if a •female'. •■'-Prize animals also show, largo. , .open',,nostrils and massive under jaws.-'No. cow of any ..breed, is a'good- feeder','and: , , good-.producer'\at the pail'without a^heavy ■under jaw .'.:; Neither is any cow'strong : -.and ; : .vigordus , f.unless.:.-.'he , - has large open" ;, ;nostrils;' , ... ■, Photographs./ '..of prize-winners are.the.best verification of this. All animals of a dairy '-type, 'no., matter what., the breed may.be, the same, form. There may be : a- marked .difference, in the length 'and slispo. of the head,.'but otherwise, wore, one ft able .-to irnagino.thom: all of one there would be a marvellous roserflblance in appearauco/ Some are larger than others,, but this , ;.'would be practically all the-' difference- were .we to obscure the head, in which the chief difference.is length.