Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-08-28

inches Of the vulva In shape it should
at the back resemble the petal Of a but
tercup. The udder should be long,
deep and wide and full thirty inches
from the top at the back to the point
where it joins the belly and from the
point where it joins the body on the
right side to the point where it joins the
body on the left side, measuring in each
case between the quarters and following
the line of the udder. In q full-grown
COW that has had three calves the tips of
the paps, the points of the hooks and
the under side Of the dewlap ought all
to be the same height from the ground
The front paps at milking time should
be about eight inches apart, measuring
between the orifces and the hind paps
about six inches. The front and hind
paps should bs about seven inches apart.
The front paps should be two and half
to three inches in length, and the hind
paps two and half inches. The paps
should be about four inches in circum-
ference, both in the middle and at the
point where they join the udder. The
skin of the udder should be thin, supple
and perfectly smooth. The hair on the
udder and on the inside Of the thighs
should grow in different directions, form
ing fern like figures. These figures
have been thoroughly described in the
journal of the Royal Agricultural socie-
ty. Guenon's system is certainly worth
studying. The milk veins should be
large, and when the COW is newly calved
they should be very prominent. In a
COW measuring twenty-four inches from
the hook to the vulva, the udder should
extend upwards to point seventeen to
eighteen inches above the hook. The
distance from the point of the hook to
the front of the udder should correspond
with the length of the cows head.
In en-proportioned, full-grown
dairy COW, the measurements of the head
are an index to the measurement of the
entire frame. The head of 1000 pound
full grown, well proportioned dairy COW
is usually about twenty inches in length.
The following measurements should
correspond within an inch to the length
Of the head in first-class COW: 1. From
center of udder in front to point of hook.
2. From the tips of the paps to the
ground. 2. Between the hips, from
centre to centre. 4. From centre to
hip bone to edge of flank. 5. From
centre of hip bone to centre Of rump
bone. 6. From point of hook to ground.
8. Circumference of head, measuring
over the nostrils and under the mouth.
The width between the eyes, measuring
from centre to centre, should be equal
to half the length of the head. The
following measurements should cor
respond thereto, within helf an inch: 1.
Center of eye to lower side of cheek bone.
2. From centre of eye to top of head,
midway between the horns. 2. From
centre of head to top of nostril. 4. From
root of horn to tip of ear. 5. From
root of ear to jawbone. 6. Joint cir
conference of the horns taken in the
centre. Z. From edge of flank to centre
of udder, in front. 8. From centre of
udder in front, to tip of front paps. The
distance from the top of the shoulder to
the centre of the rump bono should be
equal to three times the length of the
head. The length Of the COW from the
top of the head to the rump-b bone, when
the top of the head is in line with the
spine, should be equal to four times the
length of the head. The circumference of
the COW in the centre of the trunk, and
when in full milk, and not affected by
the calf, should never be less than four
times the length of the head. The length
of the udder, measuring between the
quarters, should be equal to the length
and width of the head combined. The
head of 1, 250-pound COW should not
be less than twenty one inches long.