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on the loins, in the thighs, and on the shoulder. The neck is short and 

 blends smoothly into the shoulder and the whole body has a rounded 

 appearance. 



In the dairy animal, the lack of muscular development gives rise to 

 a spare angular appearance. The angles and joints of the bones are 

 prominent, particularly in the pelvis and the spinous processes. This 

 does not mean that the animal is poor or emaciated for there may be 

 abundant fat as indicated by a soft, pliable skin, and by rolls of fat in 

 the fold of the skin in the flanks, and still the animal may present this 

 spare appearance. 



In the dairy type, the udder is, of course, much larger and fuller 

 than in the beef type, and the so-called "milk veins" stand out prom- 



FiG. 67. — The beef type 

 inently on the abdomen, extending well forward to the chest. In the 

 beef type, not only is the udder small and comparatively insignificant, 

 but the exterior veins leading from it are small and more or less embedded 

 in the surrounding muscular and fatty tissue. 



Lesson XXIV 

 LESSON ON FEATHERS 



By J. E. Rice 



Object. — To teach the pupil to know the name, shape, and size of the 

 feathers which are to be found on each section of a fowl. This lesson 

 is preparatory to the recognition of the different breeds of fowls. 



Material. — (i) Two or more mature fowls, both male and female, 

 from any breed or breeds. 



