. Judging farm animals . Livestock. JUDGING BEEF TYPE OF CATTLE 229 The general appearance of the beef animal includes its size, weight, form, quality and condition. These several features have a general application to the entire animal, and are given first consideration. It is natural and logical to thus take measurement of the animal as a whole, follow- ing this by a study of the parts in detail. Size and weight are two features that naturally are closely associated. The demand, to-day, for meat-producing. Fig. 125.—The Points of a Beef Animal. animals, is for both size and weight. The pract
. Judging farm animals . Livestock. JUDGING BEEF TYPE OF CATTLE 229 The general appearance of the beef animal includes its size, weight, form, quality and condition. These several features have a general application to the entire animal, and are given first consideration. It is natural and logical to thus take measurement of the animal as a whole, follow- ing this by a study of the parts in detail. Size and weight are two features that naturally are closely associated. The demand, to-day, for meat-producing. Fig. 125.—The Points of a Beef Animal. animals, is for both size and weight. The practical breeder emphasizes size. He seeks a beef animal with enough scale or frame to have a certain weight at a given age. There- fore, it must be conceded that if an animal has enough weight for its age, it must have sufficient size. It is an interesting fact, however, that in Great Britain in times past, beef animals have not as a rule been weighed when sold on the market, as in America, but have been measured instead. In this case size was the prime factor, measure- ments of length and girth of body enabling one to figure. 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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