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Show the one above described. You will find her with tnin, sharp shoulders, thin neck and dropping a little at the shoulders, with thin, flat thighs, well apart, to make room for her udder, with , broad, long hips, with strong back and pelvic arch, angular shoulders and plenty of chest capacity for lungs and digestion. IMPROVEMENT OF, A DAIRY HERD, , In almost any herd of cattle may be found two distinct : types of cows, says B. S. Kingman, one of a beef j type, and you may know' her by, her close, compact form, thick shoulders and neck, thick, meaty . thigh, close, well-sprung ribs; straight, smooth back, placid disposition. - This is a beef cow, no matter what her breeding may be. You might as well try to make a successful race-horse of a .Norman as to expect a good dairy cow made up as described. For the dairy avoid all cows of this type. The butcher is looking for all such. Let him have them. The other type is almost exactly jthe opposite in conformation from |