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Transactions of the 



Article. 



Points. 



29. Growth 



30. General appearance 



31. Condition 



Perfection 



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JS"o prize shall be awarded to bulls having less than twenty-five points. 

 Bulls having obtained twenty-three points shall be allowed to be 

 branded, but cannot take a prize. 



SCALE OF POINTS. 

 COWS AND UEIFERS. 



Article. 



Points. 



1. Head, small, fine, and tapering 



2. Cheek, small 



3. Throat, clean 



4. Muzzle, fine, and encircled by a light color 



5. Nostrils, high and open 



6. Horns, smooth, crumpled, not too thick at the base, and 



tapering 



7. Ears, small and thin 



8. Ears, of a deep orange color within 



9. Eye, full and placid 



10. Neck, straight, fine, and placed lightly on the shoulders.... 



11. Chest, broad and deep • 



12. Barrel, hooped, broad, and deep 



13. Well-ribbed home, having but little space between the last 



rib and the hip 



14. Back, straight from the withers to the top of the hip 



15. Back, straight from the top of the hip to the setting-on of 



the tail, and the tail at right angles with the back 



16. Tail, fine 



17. Tail, hanging down to the hocks 



18. Hide, thin and movable, but not too loose 



19. Hide, covered with fine, soft hair 



20. Hide, of good color 



21. Fore-legs, short, straight, and fine 



22. Fore-arm, swelling, and full above the knee 



23. Hind quarters, from the hock to the point of the rump, long 



and well filled up 



24. Hind-legs, short and straight (below the hocks), and bones 



rather fine 



25. Hind-legs, squarely placed, not too close together when 



viewed from behind 



