Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-05-08

A COW possessing an attractive head,
with eyes wide apart, face covered
with fine silky hair and veins promi-
nent, eyes full and lively, with horns
characteristic of the breed, a neck long
and sinewy, thin, free from loose skin
underneath, thin at the junction of the
head and tapering somewhat to form
the shoulders; wedge shaped shoulders,
showing no surplus flesh, but wide
enough at the chest to show a good
heart action; short. strong, straight
back, spine well defined, ribs well
sprung, the body deep, especially at the
flank, giving strength to hold a SYM
metricai udder; broad across the hip4
and level, long from hip to rump
thighs thin and wide apart to admit OF
carrying the udder, tail smoothly set on
and long, large, capacious udder
when filed with milk, firmly attached
to the body, showing well behind and
carried well forward and deep through
from side to side, with teats symmet-
rically placed and wide apart and of
good size. the udder smooth through
out, with the appearance that the milk
fills every portion of it; milk veins
prominent and apparently filled to
their capacity; legs short showing
strength, and set well apart; skin soft
and elastic, rich in color and covered
with soft, close, woolly or silky hair, in
a show COW, says NJ. A. Scovel of the
Kentucky experiment station, and such
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dairy capacity and withal is beautiful,
and when she walks around without
any apparent effort, with head a little
up, and notices things without being
wild or timid. and with graceful move
ments then she becomes attractive and
is hard to beat in the show ring.
For Their Looks.
o. w. of Lake county, Cal, is anx-
ious to provide himself with a small
herd of dairy cows, says Hoard's Dali
Tyman. He says he has been thinking
of Jerseys on account of their looks.
but desires us to advise him whether
to select Jerseys, Guernseys or some
other breed. We can only say in reply,
as we have said many times before,
that it is not so much a question Of
breed as it is a question of selecting
animals from the chosen breed If a
man Is selecting a COW for dairy profit,
he will pay but little attention to what
our inquirer denominates good looks.
but if he desires to please his eye quite
as much as to please his pocketbook
then he will let his own taste govern
him, and if his inclinations are toward
Jerseys we think it safe to prophesy
that he will never be satisfied until he
has tried Jerseys.
Rich Milk.
Milk rich in fat is also rich in casein.
This fact is not accepted by every one,
but as rule careful tests prove that it
is true. Consequently buying milk at
cheese factory by the Babcock test is a
fair method. Even if one lot of milk
rich in fat does not contain quite so
much casein as another lot with the
same percentage of fat, the value of
cheese is about the same as the milk
deficient in casein is that much richer
readily determining the amount of
caSeln, II WOuiu De GuNlSdDle 10 Duy
milk at a cheese factory on the basis
of both the amount of casein and fat
it contains.-American Agriculturist
The Importance of Management.
While the use of the best cows is a
very important matter. yet the manage
ment of the farm and the cattle has
something to do with the production of
milk, says an exchange There are
cows that will give more milk on some
farms than on others, due to better
varieties of grass. more grain food
and more comfortable quarters. An
Indifferent farmer may have good cows
from which no profit is derived be-
cause of poor management. During
long periods of drought the pasture
may provide but a fraction of the grass
compared with its capacity early in the
season, and it therefore becomes more
difficult for the animals to supply
themselves. This deficiency the farm
er should observe and supply.