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looked into, but there are others of importance which might be suggested, viz.:—
The capacity for fat production in milk;
The capacity for fatness and leanness;
The presence and absence of black noses;
The Shorthorn and the Aberdeen-Angus shape of rump;
Thickness and thinness of skin;
Longness and shortness of face;
The shape of the horns;
A strong as against a weak constitution.
The subject must be left as it stands until future research has shown us still further into Nature's ways.
