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flesh during the milking period, but when dry they take on 

 flesh readily. Their calves have a reasonably good fleshing 

 when fed for market, especially if sired by a beef -type bull. 



When dual-purpose cattle are brought into the ring at 

 fairs and expositions, it is readily observable that marked varia- 

 tions in type exist, ranging from near the dairy type to the lower 

 limits of beef type. What is regarded as a typical dual-purpose 

 animal by one man will not always suit another, but will be 

 criticised as leaning too much toward the beef type or the dairy 

 type. Some men accept a beef cow with a larger udder than 

 usual as a typical dual-purpose animal; others have in mind a 

 dairy cow showing more beefiness than common. In the show 



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Fig. 52. The Dual-Purpose Type. 



Red Polled bull, Teddy's Best, thirty-two times a Champion, and a very 

 noted sire. Owned by Jean Du Luth Farms, Duluth, Minn. 



rings of this country much dissatisfaction has arisen over the 

 judging of dual-purpose cattle; some judges have apparently 

 awarded the prizes upon the beef qualities of the animals shown, 

 while other judges have leaned almost as much the other way. 

 A judge at one show will select certain animals as prize winners, 

 and at another show, with the same cattle on exhibition, an 

 almost complete reversal will be made in the awards hence the 

 dissatisfaction. As time goes on, breeders are getting closer 

 together in their ideals of a dual-purpose animal, although 

 there can never be the uniformity of ideals which prevails among 



