THE MODEL COW.

Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1747, 3 July 1895, Page 2

THE MODEL COW.

In judging a cow the following points generally .indicate a good milker: The neck should not be heavy and masculine. • The forequarters should be deep rather than wide. The neck should fall away from the shoulders forward—be whatis called ewe-necked. The cow should have a large barrel, giving lots of room for food. A quiet eye shows a quiet disposition, and such a cow always shows a good return for the food. A thick skin with a mellow feeling beneath is preferable to a thin one. Fine, thick, soft hair is to be preferred to coarse hair, and if it be inclined to curl, so much the better. The animal should have a long, welldevelop'ed udder, and large milk veins. The very best cows are difficult to find on the market, for the men who have them usually know enough to keep them. If for sale at all, it is at a price that the commercial dairyman considers practically prohibitive, but when you are raising your own cows for your own dairy there is no reasonable expense which cannot be afforded in order to have the very best. A good bull, good feed, good care are. the items of expense, but if these are distributed among a number the cost upon any one animal is not very great. To pursue the business of dairying with profit or satisfaction, you must have the cattle which are adapted to it.