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also be of good beef type and good quality. This saves the 

 work of dehorning and gives one a fine bunch of uniform beef 

 calves even from dairy cows. 



The Angus is not quite so wide in the back and hips as the 

 shorthorn but is very thickly fleshed all over the body with 

 a fine quality of flesh. They are also rather fine in bone. 

 Hence they dress out well when slaughtered. They are not 

 quite so large as the shorthorns. 



Fig. 32.— Galloway cow. (Hildobrand.) 



Hereford. — The Hereford is an English breed of beef 

 cattle having horns, a red body and a white head. The 

 white also extends back on top of the neck and on the under 

 side of the neck including the dewlap and lower parts of the 

 legs. There is also some white on the under side of the body. 



In conformation this breed is very broad in the back but 

 formerly were somewhat light in the hind quarters. In this, 

 however, in late years, there has been considerable improve- 

 ment. The Herefords are also an old well-developed breed 

 and are especially well adapted to grazing. On this account 



