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MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



Score Card B — Dairy Cattle. 



Scale of points. 



I Perfect. 



General Appearance : | 



Form, wedge-shaped viewed from front, side and above 10 



Quality, indicated by fine hair, soft skin of medium thickness, and fine, clean] 



bone I 5 



Temperament, sanguine, nervous | 5 



Head 



Muzzle, clean cut; mouth large, nostrils wide and open.. 

 Face, lean, long, slightly dished; e.^pression contented. 



Eyes, full, mild, bright and clear 



Forehead, broad, full and high 



Ears, medium size, yellow inside, fine texture 



Forequarter : 



Neck, thin, medium length, throat clean, dewlap small. 



WitJiers, lean, sharp 



Shoulders, oblique, lean 



Chest, deep and wide 



Legs, straight, short, clean boned, cannon fine 



Body 



Girth, large 



Ril)S, well sprung, long, broad, far apart 



Back, high and lean 



Vertebra, large, spaces wide and open 



Loin, broad and strong 



Aidomen, large and deep showing great capacity 



Flank, deep, velvety and thin 



Naval, large 



Hindquarter : 



Hips, wide apart, level with back 



Rump, long, high and wide ; pelvis arching 



Pin Bones, high, wide apart 



Thiyh, thin, incurving, well muscled 



Fore Udder, extending well forward, full, not fleshy, quarters even. 

 Hind Udder, attached high behind, full, not fleshy, quarters even... 



Teats, uniform, good size, well placed 



Milk Veins, large, elastic, tortuous, branching 



Milk Wells, large 



Legs, clean boned, wide apart, straight, cannon fine 



1 

 1 

 ] 

 1 

 1 



3 

 3 



2 



3 



1 



4 

 4 

 2 

 2 

 4 

 8 

 2 



1 



3 



3 



G 

 4 

 3 



4 

 1 



36 



Total 



100 



