. Western agriculture. nd above, another wedge is seen, broad across the hooks, orhip bones, and narrowing down to a point at the withers. Conformation. A more detailed examination of thedairy cow should reveal a lean, shapely head with broad,strong muzzle and jaw, a full, bright, active eye, ears mediumsized and of fine texture, and horns, when present, that showrefinement and quality throughout. The neck is thin andusually somewhat long. The shoulders are prominent andlacking in covering and come together in sharp withers atthe top. The back should be straight, the spinal processesprominent,
. Western agriculture. nd above, another wedge is seen, broad across the hooks, orhip bones, and narrowing down to a point at the withers. Conformation. A more detailed examination of thedairy cow should reveal a lean, shapely head with broad,strong muzzle and jaw, a full, bright, active eye, ears mediumsized and of fine texture, and horns, when present, that showrefinement and quality throughout. The neck is thin andusually somewhat long. The shoulders are prominent andlacking in covering and come together in sharp withers atthe top. The back should be straight, the spinal processesprominent, with little covering and having an openness be-tween them that is entirely absent in the beef type. Thebody should be long and deep. The ribs are far apart though 300 WESTERX AGRICULTURE not so wide sprung as in beef cattle. They should be long,giving great capacity to the digestive and vital organs. Thespace should be long from the attachment of the last rib tothe hip bone and from the hip bone to the pin bone. Lean-. Figure 120.—A typical head of a Jersey bull. ness and prominence of bones should characterize the hind quarters should be thin and spare, leaving ampleroom between the legs for a large udder. The udder should be large, and attached high behind andfar forward. The four quarters should be equally developed DAIRY CATTLE 301 and not too distinctly divided by grooves. The udder shouldbe free from meatiness and when milked out should collapseand be very loose and pliable, showing that the size is dueentirely to the active milk-producing cells. The milk veinsleaving the udder in front should be large and tortuous,extend far forward on the body, and enter the abdomen E *^^™i :.. ? 1 III! w * •r 1 J* -??? ;, -> ? -? .- <fc , b a, ?-, -,, ?;.*? i|| \ Figure 121.—A pure-bred Jersey cow—1a prize winner. through large milk wells, thus showing a large blood supplyto the udder. If a cow has more than one milk well on aside, so much the bette
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