Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-04

FolNlS OF DIFFERENCE IN TYPES.
Continuous Lines Represent Dairy Type.
Dotted Lines Represent Beef Tyne.
COW which made a splendid record for
herself, while the dotted lines repre-.
sem a beef GOV of proved qualities.
The dairy COW weighed 1850 pounds,
she gave 1900 pounds of milk in two
years, which made $50 pounds OF but
ter.
The beef COW weighed 1910 pounds
n could not give milk enough to sus-
tain her own calf after it was two weeks
OLD. Also note in the drawing the beef
COW has d very small udder. not seen
behind when viewed as in the cut: she
has the desirable straight line on the
back so much sought after by feeders.
her lungs are large and her neck beefy:
also observe her shoulder lines and the
beefy hind leg almost straight from near
the top OF bag up to the root of the tail.
The dairy COW has a small tapering
neck; ner shoulder points backward
more than the other COW; her body is
smaller IN front and increases in size
toward the rear where you come C the
milk making machinery of the COW, She
mas a curved back, small legs and an
udder that your judgment will readily
admit is large enough to hold all the
milk she can possibly be induced to man
ufacture. And she does manufacture it
out OF the food you give her. so that
another important factor is a stomach
large enough to hold great quantities of
the raw material" since she must re-
oulld and maintain her body, besides
nlllng your pals with foamy milk con-
tanning the valuable butter fat. The
milk veins must be large anu crooked.
and freely branch out in a network over
the bag.
In Fig. B we have a cross section nj
the body after butchering. The beef
COW has the broad. fiat back. with a great
ckn Of beef in the tenderloins
along the backbone on top of the ribs.
where the highest price beef is always
found, and where it ought to grow as
aoundantly as good breeding can make
IL. Her broad diameter from side to
side was actually two and one-thfra
inches longer than the vertical diam
eter from the back to Lelly.
Now note again, the dairy cow was
SIN inches longer in the vertical diam.
eter h a in her lateral diameter; and
she has the minimum of ~ter5ar1olr
along the back; see her ~roof-sbaned
back covering, SO to speak, a great cana
cio4s bread basket" which in reality
is a vast chemical apparatus Tor the
manufacture of milk.
An equal surprise will be ncte in tho
outline transverse section Of th neck.
Fig &, which, however, not beina drawn
TO scale, compares the shape If neck
only, and not the size.
So you will readily discern tv this
shert that the dairy cow is a tyra NOT a
breed. When you find one atyer this
type buy her, whether she be a H.oIstein
ohof}horn, Jersey or whatnot, thu breed
MAKES no difference. but the type will
Eean great value to you. Simply to sat
sly your curiosity | state here that in
his particular instance the dairi cow
Vas a Holstein.
lie following are the points Of the
larry COW:
!. Inc dairy Cow is a type, not q areed.
therefore look for type first of all If Won
would profit in breeding mixers in the
Z. Large feeding capacity is 1ext in
Importance, as it takes lots of food tn
great quantities OF milk.
3. The mammillary organs
ta) The udder must be large ro,lp
o hold the milk after it is manufac.
ured, and should be soft and we'll.
drunken after drawing milk (avoid a
atty udder, large after milk is drawnl.
90 The blood circulation. especia1iv
ne milk veins" must be prominent.
tc) The teats should be slenoer ana
T proper size and length to grasp easilv.
DO mo- waste time, money and patience
rTing to milk a short-teated COW. as
on dry her up because you canaot az.
Il her milk
4. Ihe amount of butter fat cannot
e told accurately until you nut u
the machine tester"