564 THE HOME, FARM AND BUSINESS CYCLOPEDIA. 



SCALE OF POINTS FOR SHORT-HORN Cows. 



POINTS. 

 ART. 1. Purity of breed on male and female side ; sire and dam 



reputed for docility of disposition, early maturity and 

 aptitude to fatten. Sire a good stock-getter ; dam a good 

 breeder ; giving a large quantity of milk, or such superior 

 for making butter or cheese - 7 



ART. 2. Head small and tapering ; long and narrower in propor- 

 tion than that of the bull. Horns fine and gradually 

 diminishing to a point ; of a flat rather than of a round 

 shape at the base ; short, and inclined to turn up ; those of 

 a clear waxy colour to be preferred; but such as are of a 

 transparent white, slightly tinged with yellow, admissible, 

 ears small, thin, and well covered with soft hair ; playing 

 quick, moving freely ; forehead of good breadth between the 

 eyes, and slightly dished ; eyes bright, and placid and 

 rather prominent than otherwise, with a yellow rim round 

 them ; the lower 'part of the face clean dished, and well 

 developing the course of the veins ; muzzle small ; nose of 

 a clear bronze, or light chocolate colour the former much 

 preferred ; nostrils wide and well opened ; lower jaw thin ; 

 teeth clear and sound - 5 



ART. 3. Neck fine and thin, straight and well set on to the head 

 and shoulders, harmoniously . widening, deepening, and 

 slightly rounding in a delicate feminine manner as it 

 approaches the latter point ; no dewlap. - 2 



ART. 4. Shoulders fine and well placed ; fore-legs short, straight 

 and well spread apart; fore-arm wide muscular, slightly 

 swelling and full above the knee ; the bone fine and flat 

 below ; knees well knit and strong ; foot flat and in the 

 shape of an oblong semi-circle ; horn of the hoof sound, 

 and of a clear waxy colour - -2 



ART. 5. Chest broad, deep and projecting, the brisket on a lower 



line than the belly - > 



ART. 6. Barrel round, deep and well ribbed up to the hips - 



ART. 7. Back short, strong, straight from the withers to the setting 

 of the tail ; crop round and full ; loin broad ; huckle bones 

 on a level with the back ; tail well set, on a level with the 

 back or very slightly below it ; fine and gradually diminish- 

 ing to a point ; and hanging, without the brush ; an inch 

 or so below the hock, at right angles with the back - - 4 



