JUDGING LIVE STOCK. So 



COW. 



Points. Counts. 



1. Color. Black. White is objectionable, except on 



underline behind the navel, and there only to a 

 moderate extent 2 



2. Head. Forehead moderately broad and slightly in- 



dented, tapering toward the nose; muzzle, fine; 

 nostrils, wide and open; distance from -eyes to nos- 

 trils of moderate length; eyes, full, bright and ex- 

 pressive, indicative of good disposition; ears, large, 

 slightly rising upward, and well furnished with 

 hair; poll, well defined, and without any appear- 

 ance of horns or scurs; jaws, clean 10 



3. Throat. Clean, without any development of loose 



flesh underneath 3 



4. Neck. Of medium length, spreading out to meet the 



shoulders, with full neck vein 3 



5. Shoulders. Moderately oblique, well covered on 



blades and top; with vertebrae or backbone slightly 

 above the scapula or shoulder blades, which should 

 be moderately broad 6 



6. Chest. Wide and deep; round and full just back of 



elbows 10 



7. Brisket. Deep and moderately projecting from be- 



tween the legs, and proportionately covered with 

 flesh and fat 4 



8. Ribs. Well sprung from the backbone, arched and 



deep, neatly joined to the crops and loins 8 



9. Back. Broad and straight from crops to hooks ; loins, 



strong; hook bones, moderate in width, not promi- 

 nent, and well covered ; rumps, long, full, level, and 

 rounded neatly into hindquarters 10 



10. Hindquarters. Deep and full; thighs, thick and mus- 



cular, and in proportion to hindquarters; twist, 

 filled out well into its "seam," so as to form an 

 even, wide plain between the thighs 8 



11. Tail. Fine, coming neatly out of the body on a line 



with the back and hanging at right angles to it__ 3 



12. Udder. Not fleshy, coming well forward in line with 



the body and well up behind; teats, squarely 

 placed, well apart and of good size 8 



