POINTS OF A GOOD COW.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1891, 19 August 1884, Page 4

POINTS OF A GOOD COW.

Tiik " Michigan Farmer" saya it does not believe in very small cowa, nor yet in large heavy animals, as neither, as a rule, are capable of tilling the bill, the former too often falling short in the quantity, while the large ones are apt to run too much to flesh to make them profit ible ibiiy animals. The medium sized ones itnari.ibly ptoduce the beat results, and a heavy milker and a lart»e butter-maker is seldom fat, as the majority of the food she consumes is converted into milk and butter. The head should be fine and bony, with small horns, large mealy nose md shapely ears. The base of the horns and the inside of the ears should be of bright golden colour. We have never yet seen an animal until horns and ears well coloured (golden yellow) which failed to make a fine quality of butter and highly coloured. The body should be of good size, and the width and depth rapidly increase as it runs to the rear or him! (juaiters. The milk veins should be large ,md prominent, and the udder need not necessaiily be large, so it is not meaty, but is veiy small when milked out. The tents should be of good size, standing well apait, and only having a single hole in each. The hair should be fine and soft, while the skin should be pliable, and almost as soft to the touch as velvet or kid. In colour it should be tinged deeply with yellow, especially on the shoulders and flnnkand along the back, Colour is a secondai y matter, though the cows are generally yellow, fawn, gray, or white, with daik maiks edged with yellow.

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