She's long in her face, she's fine in her horn, She'll quickly get fat, without cake or corn, She's clear in her jaws, and full in her chine, She's heavy in flank, and wide in her loin. She's broad in her ribs, and long in her rump, A straight and flat... Australian Capers, Or, Christopher Cockle's Colonial Experience - Page 276by Old Boomerang - 1867 - 444 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1878 - 492 pages
...which the thincter of the " Holderness and the Durham beautifully Eiinjles," though somewhat different. "She's long in her face, she's fine in her horn, She'll quickly get fat without cake or corn, She's clean in her jaws, and fall in her chine, She's heavy in flauk, and wide in her... | |
| Alexander Taylor (of Muthill.) - 1827 - 336 pages
...Magazine, vol. XIII. p. 57. Wilkinson gives the marks of a beautiful cow in the following lines:— She's long in her face, she's fine in her horn, She'll quickly get fat, without cake or corn. She's clear in her jaws, and full in her chine, She's heavy in flank, and wide in her... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1831 - 484 pages
...best for raising. The criteria of a beautiful coif , according to Wilkinson, may be thus expressed : " She's long in her face, she's fine in her horn, She'll quickly get fat, without cake or com, She's clear in her jaws, and full in her chine, She's heavy in flank, and wide in her... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1835 - 474 pages
...best for raising. The criteria of a beautiful cow, according to Wilkinson, ma^be thus expressed : " She's long in her face, she's fine in her horn, She'll quickly get fat without cake or corn, She's clear in her jaws, and full in her chine, She's heavy in flank, and wide in her... | |
| Philip Miller - 1835 - 742 pages
...chosen young, fleshy, and with a brisk eye. The criteria of a beautiful cow is thus described: — She's long in her face, she's fine in her horn, She'll quickly get fat without cake or corn ; She's clenr in her jaws, and full in her chine, She'* heavy in Hank, ami wide in her... | |
| 1841 - 376 pages
...head. A large-headed cow will seldom fatten or yield much milk." Of a good cow it may be said, •' She's long in her face, she's fine in her horn, She'll quickly get fat, without cake or com ; She's clean in her jaws, and lull in her chine, She's heavy in flank, and wide in her... | |
| Ireland - 1842 - 204 pages
...silky to the touch ; and the tail thin and fine. The following are excellent marks by which to choose a cow : — " She's long in her face, she's fine in her horn, She'll quickly get fat without cake or corn ; She's clear in her jaws, she's full in her chine, She's heavy in flank, and wide in... | |
| Theodore Dwight - 1845 - 846 pages
...description of the good parts of a cow is found in the following lines, from the Farmer's Magazine : " She's long in her face, she's fine in her horn, She'll quickly gel fat, without cake or corn. She's clear in her jaws and full in her chin, She's heavy in flank and... | |
| Hickey, William - 1846 - 134 pages
...the same reason that a cook's receipt for dressing a round of beef begins with " first get the beef." She's long in her face, she's fine in her horn, She'll quickly get fat without cake or corn ; She's clear in her jaws, she's full in her chine, She's heavy in flank, and wide in... | |
| John Tanner Davy - 1855 - 224 pages
...of cattle. Dr. Anderson gives the following rhythmical enumeration of the qualities and shapa of the cow : She's long in her face, she's fine in her horn, She'll quickly get fat without cake or corn ; She's clean in her jaws, she's full in her chine, She's heavy in flank, and wide in... | |
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