Excerpt from The Selection of Milch Cows No one will deny the statement that it costs more to keep a good cow than to keep a poorer one. We would strive to impress upon the minds of the farmers the superior value of good, over bad cows, and to that end is given points to guide in the selection of the best. There are set rules to be followed in the selection of a butter cow, but a combination of good points is to be looked for that shows the capacity of the animal for producing milk rich in fat. In work ing with the native cattle of our country, there exists two serious difficulties. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.