. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE HEREFORD 207 The countenance pleasant, cheerful, open ; the forehead broad ; eye full and lively; horns bright, taper, and spreading ; head small ; chap lean; neck long and tapering; chest deep ; bosom broad and projecting forward ; shoulder bone thin, flat, no way protuberant in bone (?), but full and mellow in flesh ; chest full ; loin broad ; hips standing wide and level with the chine ; quarters long and wide at the neck ; rump even with the level of the back and not drooping nor standing high and sharp above the quarters ; tail slender a
. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE HEREFORD 207 The countenance pleasant, cheerful, open ; the forehead broad ; eye full and lively; horns bright, taper, and spreading ; head small ; chap lean; neck long and tapering; chest deep ; bosom broad and projecting forward ; shoulder bone thin, flat, no way protuberant in bone (?), but full and mellow in flesh ; chest full ; loin broad ; hips standing wide and level with the chine ; quarters long and wide at the neck ; rump even with the level of the back and not drooping nor standing high and sharp above the quarters ; tail slender and neatly haired ; barrel round and roomy ; the carcass throughout deep and well spread ; ribs broad, standing flat and close on the outer sur- face, forming a small even barrel, the hindmost large and full of length ; round bone small, snug, and not prominent ; thigh clean and regularly taper- ing ; legs upright and short ; bone below the knee and hock small; feet. Fig. 84. Shadeland Cora 36693, by Earl of Shadeland 22d 27147. Avery high-class Hereford cow in field condition in pasture at Shadeland Stock Farm, La Fayette, Indiana. Photograph by the author of middle size ; flank large ; flesh everywhere mellow, soft, and yielding pleasantly to the touch, especially on the chine, the shoulder, and the ribs ; hide mellow, supple, of a middle thickness, and loose on the neck and huckle ; coat neatly haired, bright, and silky ; color a middle red with a bald face, characteristic of the true Herefordshire breed. While this description has an important application to the Hereford of to-day, in certain respects the breed has been materially improved over what it was twenty-five years ago. Two features which have subjected the breed to much criticism have been excess of throatiness and dewlap, and lack Df development of rump and hind quarter. The rump has lacked in levelness and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced
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