Show MAINTAIN PURITY OF BREEDS dairy type Is spare and angular with soft pliable hide and covered with soft smooth hair my by J 11 II FIt ANDSEN professor of 0 dairy husbandry university tit of ne braska brn gan A comparison of the beet beef and dairy ot of animal to la perhaps the roost most effective way of showing what are the tha distinct dairy characteristics the beet beef la in generally heavy and sluggish while the dairy animal la Is spare and angular and refined with a soft and pliable hide bide well covered with smooth r soft 0 ft hair the head Is lean and a little no scrubs in this thin group longer than that of the beet beef type the neck la Is long and lean joining to the body rather abruptly the withers are sharp with the spinal s column prominent and the barrel long and capacious indicating good feeding capacity the ribs are sprung down and outward and wide spaced the heart and loin iota girth large and the tail mw floe with a heavy switch the form ot of the dairy co cow Is frequently spoken of as the triple wedge form first ebrat she shows increased depth of body towards the rear when viewed from one ona side secondly she wi widens dens gradually from the breast to the points of the apa thirdly looking down on the tha back the form widens gradually downward like a wedge the udder Is well developed and even quartered Is soft and pliable but not flabby when emptied the milk veins are large and tortuous and enter the abdominal wall in two or more large milk veins the dairy type can be found in 1 many of the breeds but most moat characteristically cally in the distinct dairy breeds by the dairy breeds are meant those that have become most moat noted for uniformly conforming lo 10 ae ade true dairy type cyp e they are the holsteins Holst elna jerseys Guern and owing to the careful work of the breeders bleeders bre eders in maintaining tho the purity ot of 4 0 promising youngsters the breeds and fixing their characteristics these breeds can in most moat cases be counted on to reproduce their dairy qualities and their ability to produce butter tat in large quantities it is largely for this reason that the dairyman who desires success to follow his efforts should stick close to one of the tha dairy breeds |