. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools . pacity, breadth and fullness in the chest and heart gh'th, and one in thrifty condition. 178. Conformation of dual-purpose animals. â Dual-purpose animals are less uniform in conformation than beef or dairy cattle. Some incline more toward the beef type and others toward the dairy type. Com- pared with beef ani- mals, they show a longer neck, less tend- ency toward putting on fat, and the females are better developed in the udder, a dairy characteristic. 179. Breeds of beef cattle. â The beef breeds in the United States are Shorthorn, Pol
. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools . pacity, breadth and fullness in the chest and heart gh'th, and one in thrifty condition. 178. Conformation of dual-purpose animals. â Dual-purpose animals are less uniform in conformation than beef or dairy cattle. Some incline more toward the beef type and others toward the dairy type. Com- pared with beef ani- mals, they show a longer neck, less tend- ency toward putting on fat, and the females are better developed in the udder, a dairy characteristic. 179. Breeds of beef cattle. â The beef breeds in the United States are Shorthorn, Polled Durham, Hereford, Polled Hereford, Aberdeen Angus, and Galloway. Cattle of these breeds are popular with farmers and ranchers in the western and central parts of the country where grass and corn are abundant. They are also scattered over many parts of the South and East where beef-rais- ing is increasing. Shorthorn. â The most popular beef breed in the United States is the Short- horn, or Durham (Fig. 134). More animals of this breed than of any other are found in this country and they are scattered over all parts. They
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