132 



TYPES AND MARKET CLASSES OF LIVE STOCK 



fat condition, the fleshing should be abundant and smooth. 

 The head should be clean-cut, wide, and short, but larger than 

 the steer's, with heavier horns, and a more burly appearance 

 generally. The eye shows more animation or spirit, and a 

 more resolute expression. Such a head is indicative of mas- 

 culinity which is insisted upon by all breeders, it being an evi- 

 dence of potency or breeding capacity. The bull at maturity 

 should show a powerfully muscled neck with a pronounced arch 

 or crest, this also indicating masculinity. The crest should 

 come forward close to the head, and the neck should be short. 



Fig. 37. Correct Type in the Beef Sire. 



Erwin C., Champion Aberdeen-Angus bull at the 1913 International, 

 owned by Mr. W. A. McHenry, Denison, la. 



Masculinity is again shown in the shoulders by a heavier, more 

 massive development than is found in the steer, yet this does 

 not excuse a rough, prominent shoulder such as would be trouble- 

 some in the offspring when they are fed for market. 



The entire front of the bull is well developed and massive, 

 a condition which is inherited by domesticated bulls from their 

 wild ancestors. In the wild state, a bull became the head of 

 the herd only by right of conquest, and his burly head, heavy 



