Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-27
DAIRY AND CREAMERY.
HOW TO TELL A DAIRY COW SURE
SHOT AND NO MISTAKE.
You Can Spot her Every Time, Even In
Crowd. II You Learn Iror Points.
select the Cow with Good Pedigree
and Large udder and Milk Veins.


n Crowd. II You Learn IIor Points.
Select the Cow with Good Pedigree
and Large udder and MIX Veins.
Some Of the requisites in dairy cow
are large digestive powers. indicated by
capaoious stomach, suggestive Of
good appetite and good assimilating
ability, broad hips, deep loins and sides.
and evidences Of n strong, robust oonsti.
tuition. with plenty Of room for heart and
lung action, says The Indiana Farmer.
These are all Of Importance. and should
be found prominently present In the
dairy COW selected with view OF max.
ing the most profitable returns.
Professor Stewart SAYS, touching tho
selection OF the dairy COW. that having
determined her capacity Of digcsting
surplus food for making milk. look care.
fully 10 the receptacle holding 1.-THE
udder and tho veins leading thereto.
The COW may assimilate large amount
OF food which goes mostly 10 lay ON
flesh and fat. butif she has long. broad
and deep uddcr with large milk veins
u is safe to conclude that her capacity
for digestion and assimilation il active
In filling this receptacle. In fact tho
uddor is the first point TO consider
In the cursory examination OF n COW. N
II reaches 10 the back line Of the thighl
and beyond, well up behind. well for.
ward, Ia broad and moderately deep,
with toats well apart and Of good size.
akin soft and elastic. 1t may be Inferred
with confidence that nature has pro.
yided means for filling Il.
II tho uddcr be small round cylinder
hanging down In front Of the thighs
like n six quart pail tho COW cannot bc
n profitable mixer. whatever digestive
apparatus sho may have.
A yellow skin aud tho inside Of her
ears TO match N almost universally re.
gardcd as present In the COW that gives
rich milk yellow In color. Bat after tho
indications mentioned arc found all
other considerations arc Of minor i'm.
portancc, moro 10 be admired a. mat.
tar OF fancy than for any real value they
possess IN themselves. Among thom arc
an cscuth,on that Is first class, long
atsaAA th li0Il=
ping and small waxy horns and a pro.
fcrred color Of hair. Look for these, aud
~. M many Of them combined In tho
animal IN possible. but let IL be after tho
essentials are found.
Let good appearances be coupled with
performance. and " the cow DO years
old or younger aud will yield 5000
raf,uda ~ feu,I ,,sll ~. ,....... -.
she may be safely trusted. without re.
gard 20 fancy points. She must consume
and digest the food 10 make H.. and her
machinery and the power to work tho
machinery successfully arc tho main
considerations after all. Still another i'm.
portant matter In selecting COW. even
Of common blood. "a her pedigree or line
Of descent. Choose ono from u large
milking dam. grandam and great-gran-
dam. This will incrcnse the probalhl-
itica OF succes in her progeny in bresl-
ing her 70 thoroughbred bull from deep
milking ancestors.
A few cows selected with all the bust.
ness requirements alluded to will lay
the foundation for breeding o herd Of
dairy cows that win prove source Of
perpetual delight and prof, to tho owner;
on the other hand, II Il u loss Of time and
money 10 rear calf for the dairy from
u poor fnilkor. II is bad enough TO keep
nm Improbable COW for q season. but Il
Is deliberately throwing away good food
10 breed tuch q COW with the proof
that the heifer will never pay for her
l,ap M rnur.a NO ,u.i.a .hautl Ia.