The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-03-28
A COW possessing an attractive head,

A COW possessing an attra ctive 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, 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; a short, strong, straight
back, spine we'll defined, ribs we'll
sprung, the body deep, especially at tbs
flank, giving strength to hold a SYM
metrical udder; broad across the hips
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 we'll 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 filed to
their capacity; legs short, showing
strength, and set we'll apart; skin soft
and elastic, rich in color and covered
with soft, close, woolly Or silky hair is
show cow, says NJ. A. Scovell of the
Kentucky experiment station, and such
cow shows health and strength and
dairy capacity and wlthal is beautiful,
and when she walks around without
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
ryman. 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 q
man is selecting q 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 a rule careful tests prove that it
is true. Consequently buying milk at
cheese factory by the Babcock test is g
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
in fat. If there was some method of
readily determining the amount of
casein, it would be advisable to buy
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 q
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