THE RUDIMENTARY TEATS,

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17982, 29 March 1930, Page 10 (Supplement)

THE RUDIMENTARY TEATS,

Examination of the rudimentary leats of the sire of a dairy herd should

be carefully made with the prime object of ascertaining their size and position. See that the teats are of good size, and proportionately placed apart. If they are not placed well apart and not of good size, but bunched, small and irregularly placed, ! If you choose such a sire you must be prepared to see ill-shaped udders and highly objectionably placed teats In the offspring. Whatever virtues a hull may .possess, remember that if he does not come up to that specification as indicated in the foregoing lines, he is to be condemned, because it is impossible to expect an animal possessing these disqualifications to produce the ideal udder that all good breeders like to see on their cows. These are all controlling factors in the breeding of first-class animals. 'lt is by paying attention to details that we succeed, and by indifference to them that we fail. You cannot subjugate imperfections b.y merely allotting everything to chance, or expect any improvement one way or the other by breeding in the ordinary way. The man who remains indifferent to the process of selection stands in hi 3 own light, and in the end pays dearly for bis whistle.