. Judging farm animals . Livestock. 250 JUDGING FARM ANIMALS wide apart, and angular, this will be quite unlikely, and further, will give evidence of coarseness. The rump should be long, wide and level. We view the length by standing at one side, and from this view-point also note whether it extends in level form from hips to end of body. One of the common defects of the rump is to droop from the hips back, thereby reducing the flesh-carrying capacity of the hindquarter. Many judges give scant consideration t o droopy rumped animals, very cor- rectly regarding this as bad confor- mation, and s
. Judging farm animals . Livestock. 250 JUDGING FARM ANIMALS wide apart, and angular, this will be quite unlikely, and further, will give evidence of coarseness. The rump should be long, wide and level. We view the length by standing at one side, and from this view-point also note whether it extends in level form from hips to end of body. One of the common defects of the rump is to droop from the hips back, thereby reducing the flesh-carrying capacity of the hindquarter. Many judges give scant consideration t o droopy rumped animals, very cor- rectly regarding this as bad confor- mation, and sadly marring true ani- mal beauty. As one views the rump from the rear, it should taper but gradually from hips to point of rump, being of good width be- tween the pin bones or points of the ischium. The na- tural tendency is for the rump to slope away on each side from the spine, but this should be only to a slight extent. The more sloping the rump in any respect, the less its meat-carrying capacity. In other words, the longer, wider and more level the rump, the greater the yield of meat on the pelvis. The covering of flesh over the rump should be smooth, without any roughness or patches of fat, a fre- quent defect of this part. Many fat cattle have heavy lumps on the ends of the rump, on each side of the pin bones. In fact, evidence of condition soon manifests itself here. Feeders of show stock often find their cattle accumu- lating such lumps of tallow on the rump as seriously to. Fig. 139.—"Tlie rump should be long, wide and level. We view the length by standing at one ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. New York : Orange Judd Company
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