THE KIND OF STOCK TO BUY 



The best beef breeds known in this country are 

 the Herefords, Galloway, Aberdeen-Angus, and 

 Sussex. 



The most essential qualifications of a good 

 cow are: 



Form — Spare, angular, moderately short- 

 legged, barrel capacious; hind-quarters wide and 

 deep, scale medium to large. 



Quality — General refinement of symmetri- 

 cal and clean-cut features; bone fine and clean; 

 hair fine and soft; skin not more than medium 

 thickness; head, neck, and legs fine and of mod- 

 erate length. 



Condition — Spare, no fat apparent; skin 

 loose and mellow. 



Constitution — Generous and symmetrical 

 development; lively carriage; ample heart-girth; 

 capacity of barrel and depth of flank; eyes full, 

 bright, and clear; nostrils wide apart, large and 

 open; absence of refinement and spareness to 

 point of delicacy or emaciation; skin of me- 

 dium thickness, free from scurf; coat soft and 

 bright. 



Nervous Energy — Spinal column prominent, 

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