Stock-breeding: a practial treatise on the applications of the laws of development and heredity to the improvement and breeding of domestic animals . -line of the body,the base of the chest will be well developed and itssides well covered with flesh, giving a good fore-flank;and there will be, as a rule, a greater compactness anduniformity in the general symmetry of the fore-quar-ter, and a better quality of flesh. The hind-quarters present some peculiarities inthe correlation of parts that are of particular interestto the breeder. An extreme illustration of this may be seen inwhat are popular
Stock-breeding: a practial treatise on the applications of the laws of development and heredity to the improvement and breeding of domestic animals . -line of the body,the base of the chest will be well developed and itssides well covered with flesh, giving a good fore-flank;and there will be, as a rule, a greater compactness anduniformity in the general symmetry of the fore-quar-ter, and a better quality of flesh. The hind-quarters present some peculiarities inthe correlation of parts that are of particular interestto the breeder. An extreme illustration of this may be seen inwhat are popularly called pumpkin-buttocks, ly-ery, or black-fleshed cattle (Fig. 8). The loins ofthese animals are very narrow, and the rump corre- chest is incompatible with the rapid production of fat; but, as thisassumption is based on an exploded theory of respiration, it does notrequire further notice. {See Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society,vol. v., p. 255.) 376 PRINCIPLES OF STOCK-BREEDING. spondingly short, the tail being set on quite close tothe line of the hips. The buttocks are remarkablyfull, forming a decided protuberance, that extends to. the outer side of the thighs. With this external con-formation will be found a deficiency in the formationof fat throughout the system, the kidneys being ANIMAL FORM AN INDEX OF QUALITIES. 377 scarcely covered even in animals that have been high-ly fed, while the flesh is very dark-colored, coarse-grained, and of decidedly inferior flavor. When any one of the above-described peculiaritiesof external form is present in a marked degree, theothers vdll in all probability be found to a greater orless extent, together with an inferior quality of flesh. In these cases it will be noticed that the best partsof the carcass are reduced to a minimum, and thecoarsest parts are largely in excess. In the best-formed animals the hind-quarters pre-sent a marked contrast to the form we have had underconsideration. The loins are long and wide, dimin-ishin
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