LECTURE XV. 



HEREFORD CATTLE. 



Points to Be Observed in the Judging and Selection of the 



Same. 



BULLS,- Form. 



Deep-bodied, very low set; head short and wide; neck 

 short, with full shoulder vein and strong crest; shoulders 

 should not be coarse, nor too open on top, but should be well 

 covered with flesh; the spring of ribs should be strong, par- 

 ticularly of fore ribs, and there should be but very little 

 slackness behind the shoulder. The chine should be broad, 

 with well filled crops; the flesh from the neck and the crops 

 should cover the top of shoulder so thoroughly as to 

 render the points of the shoulders invisible. The back and 

 loin should be wide, level, and well covered; the rump of 

 moderate length and level, giving a straight top line. The 

 flanks should be deep and full, and the abdomen, while of 

 generous proportions, should not be so excessive as to mark- 

 edly detract from the straightness of underline. The hind- 

 quarters, viewed from the rear, should be wide, and the 

 twist should be full and deep. Viewed from the side, the 

 thigh should be wide and well covered with flesh, and the 

 development of muscle in the hindquarters may be so marked 

 as to give rounding buttocks. The rump should be well filled 

 with flesh, so that no depression is noticeable from hooks to 

 tailhead. 



Constitution. 



Guaranteed by a deep, wide chest; special stress should 

 be laid on this, and where animals are of anywhere near 

 equal merit, the one with the stronger constitution should 

 have the preference. 



