Live stock : a cyclopedia for the farmer and stock owner including the breeding, care, feeding and management of horses, cattle, swine, sheep and poultry with a special department on dairying : being also a complete stock doctor : with one thousand explanatory engravings . CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 669 deep, and full back of the elbows, which secures a good girth and conse-quent room for the most important vital organs. The brisket should befull and broad rather than narrow and projecting ; it is of inferior qualityas beef, yet, as a point of beaut
Live stock : a cyclopedia for the farmer and stock owner including the breeding, care, feeding and management of horses, cattle, swine, sheep and poultry with a special department on dairying : being also a complete stock doctor : with one thousand explanatory engravings . CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 669 deep, and full back of the elbows, which secures a good girth and conse-quent room for the most important vital organs. The brisket should befull and broad rather than narrow and projecting ; it is of inferior qualityas beef, yet, as a point of beauty and as indicating a propensity to fatten,must not be overlooked. A thin, broad neck is sure to indicate weaknessand poor feeding qualities. Animals having such may well be avoided asbreeders. XIX. The Body. The body should be square, massive and symmetrical. The line of theback should l)e straight; the line of the belly nearly so, swelling a littlebehind the ribs ; the flank low ; the ribs barrel-shaped ; the loins wide,and the rump long and wide. The back should be wide, and the thighshould be long and wide ; the legs short and comparatively small, or atleast not coarse ; tail light; hair soft and fine. The color should be redor white, or a mixture of the two, as roan or pied. The body should benearly a square. A
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