. Types and market classes of live stock. wide, deep, compact, and lowset. When in use as breeders, bulls are seldom kept in highcondition, hence in studying the form certain allowancesshould be made for lack of fatness, as this has much to dowith the appearance of blockiness and massiveness presentedby the animal. The bull should have plenty of size and weshould not expect the same degree of refinement in bonethat is desired in the steer, yet quality should be easily ap- 108 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock parent. The hide should roll up mellow and loose in the hand,showing medium thic
. Types and market classes of live stock. wide, deep, compact, and lowset. When in use as breeders, bulls are seldom kept in highcondition, hence in studying the form certain allowancesshould be made for lack of fatness, as this has much to dowith the appearance of blockiness and massiveness presentedby the animal. The bull should have plenty of size and weshould not expect the same degree of refinement in bonethat is desired in the steer, yet quality should be easily ap- 108 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock parent. The hide should roll up mellow and loose in the hand,showing medium thickness, and the hair should be soft andfine. Even when in a medium-fat condition, the fleshingshould be abundant and smooth. The head should be clean-cut, wide, and short, but larger than the steers, with heavierhorns, and a more burly appearance generally. The eyeshows more animation or spirit, and the countenance has amore resolute expression. Such a head is indicative of mas-culinity which is insisted upon by all breeders, it being an. Fig. 27. Correct Type in the Beef C, Champion Aberdeen-Angus bull at the 1913 International,owned by Mr. W. A. McHenry of Dennison, Iowa. evidence of potency, or breeding capacity. The bull at matur-ity should show a powerfully muscled neck with a pronouncedarch or crest, this also indicating masculinity. The crestshould come forward close to the head, and the neck shouldbe short. Masculinity is again shown in the shoulders by aheavier, more massive development than is found in thesteer, yet this does not excuse a rough, prominent shouldersuch as would be troublesome in the offspring when theyare fed for market. Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 109 The entire front of the bull is well developed and mas-sive, a condition which is inherited by domesticated bullsfrom their wild ancestors. In the wild state, a bull becamethe head of the herd only by right of conquest, and his burlyhead, heavy horns, muscular neck, and massive front
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