KERRY CATTLE. 143 



PRINCIPAL POINTS. 



In the absence of an authorized scale of points 

 in the United States the following is submitted : 



I. Size This should be regulated to a con- 

 siderable degree by the nature of the environment. 



II. General Outline The body is essentially 

 dairy in form, though not of the most pronounced 

 type. 



III. Head Small, inclining to fine, tapering 

 and well balanced in the different parts. 



(1) Forehead, wide. 



(2) Nose, fine and inclining to long. 



(3) Muzzle, fine. 



(4) Nostrils, placed high and somewhat open. 



(5) Cheeks, lean. 



(6) Eyes, mild, full and lively. 



(7) Horns, rather thick at base, but gently tapering, with 

 black tips, and coming gracefully forward and upward with 

 considerabl2 erection. 



(8) Ears, small and fine and rather lively in movement. 



IV. Neck Straight, fine, inclining to deep, 

 with medium abruptness at the neck vein. 



V. Back Straight from withers to tailhead. 



(1) It is not wide at the withers, and is but moderately 

 prominent at the chine, and 



(2) It slopes down considerably away from the sacrum. 



VI. Foreqnarters A little less in develop- 

 ment proportionately than the hindquarters. 



(1) Shoulders, smooth and relatively deep, but not broad. 



(2) Chest, wide. 



(3) Breast, fairly deep and broad, but not full. 



(4) Brisket, V-shaped. 



(5) Forearm, inclining to full. 



VII. Barrel Capacious and deep, inclining 

 to round more than to flat. 



(1) Ribs, of medium spring and distinct when the cows 

 are in milk. 



(2) Crops, medium in fullness. 



