Show SELECTION OF DAIRY HEIFER Head l la is Excellent Index to Breeding Quality and Value of Cf Animal Animal- Q Other Points A A. great pt of Information con cat catbe th the head bend bendot be obtained from a study of of ot the heifer calf calt The head hend is Is' Is isan an nn excellent excellent ex- ex Index to to the thc the breeding quality i value of ot the animal The eyo eye I should be large bright clear In Indicating I ing big good health the face fac should be medium in length free crom fleshiness showing sho nn an n expression which the true ru dairyman cannot refrain from calling well nostrils large Jarge and the dilated to allow for the entrance of ot plenty of I air Ir the ibe muzzle large fargo and broad Indicating a good feeder and he Jn Jaw v should be tie G tiong The constitution can con be Judged ed In part by hy standing In ta 1 frunt front of ot the heifer helter calf alf We Wedo do not like a calf cult that stands with the front legs close This Is Isan n an Indication of ot poor constitution The J legs gs should be straight und and wide apart making room tor for u st wide chest Ii est t floor The calf should be examined next from th the side The The neck should sho be beneat neat slim and medium J In length A short thick thiel neck neel is desired 1 on the beef animal but upon up-on the tilt dairy animal It t is never associated with good dairy type or high higI m milk lk production The Tue neck should should blend neat neatly y lI Into to the shoulder er which si uld be rather ruther spare In flesh and come to a point at at the withers The above Is from bulletin A The Dairy Heifer Helfer and Her Der Calf by Ex Excellent Type of Dairy Heifer 1 B. B W. W Fairbanks Just just- Issued Copies Copies' may be e had free on op application to the We extension service Colorado Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural tural college Fort Collins While the bulletin iri was us written primarily for use of members oC clubs lubs the tIon will vill be of Interest t also 1180 to adults h who are beginners In dairying |