BEEF BREEDS. II 



(f) Ears, medium in size, broad rather than long, not over 

 sensitive nor yet sluggish, and well covered with hair, but 

 varying somewhat in the different breeds. 



(4) Neck. Medium to short, longer in the female and 

 also finer. 



(a) It should not be coarse at the junction with the head, 

 and 



(b) It should gradually deepen and widen toward the 

 neck vein so as to blend insensibly into the shoulder. 



(5) Back Wide from the base of the neck to the tail- 

 head, well covered with flesh, especially on the loin, straight 

 and level. 



(6) Forequarters Wide, deep and full and about 

 equally developed with the hindquarters. 



(a) Withers, wide and level. 



(b) Shoulders, well developed, laid well back toward the 

 ribs and forward toward the neck vein, sloping but gradually 

 and neither prominent nor bare. 



(c) Chest, capacious. 



(d) Breast, broad, deep and full. 



(e) Brisket, broad and well rounded. 



(f) Arm, broad, full and tapering nicely toward the knee. 



(7) Barrel or Coupling Only moderately long, but wide 

 and deep, and more roomy in the female. 



(a) Ribs, well sprung, that is, rounding out nicely from 

 the spinal column, long, close spaced, not readily apparent 

 to the eye, and. coming well forward and backward. 



(b) Crops, well filled throughout. 



(c) Fore flank, full and deep. 



(d) Hind flank, deep, full and thick. 



(e) Underline, straight, or nearly so. 



(f) Girth, good around the heart and about equally good 

 at the hind flank. 



(8) Hindquarters Long from hook point to tailhead, 

 deep from hook point to hind flank and hock, and thick from 

 side to side. 



(a) Hips, full in every part. 



(b) Thigh, broad and full and tapering gradually toward 

 the hock. 



(c) Buttock, square and upright, but in some breeds a 

 little rounded. 



(d) Twist, full and commencing far down. 



(e) Tail, broad at the tailhead, but fine rather than coarse 

 and hanging at right angles with the line of the back. 



(9) Legs Medium to short, straight, fine below the 

 knee, standing firmly under the body, and yet a fair distance 

 apart. 



(10) SkinOi medium thickness, but varying with the 

 breed, mellow and elastic, and well covered with hair mossy 

 to the touch. 



