The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-10-04

liow To CiIu.s.. GOOD Mich
Cow.-Act!vc mammary gland. ar,
seldom found united with the graceful
rounded forms which constitute what is
vulysrly called be .uty in qua.ruuels.
Most frequently good mixers hav
sharp points. and appear more or less
Loose Or tl,bby. In regard to bonv
structurs they may lie as wcll-fprme.l as
COWS remarkable for their readiness 10
t;ttcn, or ability to work, but being sci
dom IN plump condition they seem lean
anu raw boneI hence when Il herd o
COWS have all been fed and kept in the
same way, it would not be proper - fix
upon the most beautiful as the best
mixers. In so doing we should be al
mos invariably mistaken. Tn. flesh il
not III proportion +, the bone, and The
bony prntuDer.,nces are very marked :;
the haunchrs ''slltk cut" and the pelvi,
is wide thcleg standing farapart. leave
i considerable space - u rccc t:tcle for
Urge milk vessels; tire blood fl rvs in
great abundance to the milky glands,
and keep, them III activity It the ex-
pense OF the other organs; the mus le.
arc slender. and the buitncks and thighs
small and narrow. The cows W. rec.
omnend rs mixers are thoA. whose
chine. inste.tlo being All Of one piece
III TVS, tuwasd it's center. il space occu
pied ~ !. kind OF shriveiing. The effect
II Tie distance y tween the spnous Ut
pruccsse, OF the yertehrSe the process
oi the last dvrsal ycrtebt1 is stron.l,
bent forward. In some cows we have
observed that this distinguishing mark
Is owing 10 the process es ut the last dor
sal Nerttbr:c being III ,rter than those of
The preceding vclt:hfe In that case
the o;sch ha. 1T its middle. instead OF Il
wrinkscd Or shril.lcd part, u dcpres ion
which ~ continued To the rump. When
this IN trk exist, the chine is often double
ITS po,ttFlur half, the ridge Of tie YER
tcbrn Is large and wide. and seems
iosked, and = sill depression prevails
sl0ng The medical line If the body, and
l. mure esp cislls visible near the runp.
This nsrk - much looked for in Elan.
scrs. where gre 4 Importance is attached
to il. and among the dsirymen ui Paris.
rs we'll rs the south ri France. where 4
common saying Is that a cow will be
productive Of milk, especially VIII n To-
ward The middle oi the spine 81, the
back the processes stand apart 80 rs to
leave \ space Of two fingers with. III
this case. the hind quarters are more
largely developed. the pelvis, m re am
pie. and 9 'ns<quentIy The organs lodged
in the cavity and even the milk vessels
Of larger dimensions. The dairymen III
Paris call these interruptions IT the YER
t-brxH column f0ntsi,s~s de dcs:us mp
per springs in contradistinction to the
fontaiacs de dessus (under spring~) Or
those openings where the veins Of the
stomach sink into the flesh. They say
that in good cows these upper and low
err fountains correspond with each Other.
and are equally large. We may observe
that they never correspond, since those
above are upon the immedial lin. OF
the body, and the others upon lib. latter
al parts of the belly. and thar the name
If springs OF (miIk) is not proper, even
for the lower one, although they are
traversed by veins Tue name thus
given to the space between the verte-
be prove that 1t is false analogy which
has caused it to be considered as the
sign OF good mixer.