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FUNDAMENTALS OF AGRICULTURE. 



and the comparative value of these parts as shown 

 by the score card. 



SCORE CARD FOR BEEF CATTLE 



Perfect 

 Score 



Student's 

 Score 



GENERAL APPEARANCE: 



WEIGHT, according to age 6 



Estimate Ibs. Actual Ibs. 



FORM, straight top and underline; deep, broad, low 

 set, compact, symmetrical 



QUALITY, hair fine; bone fine but strong; skin pli- 

 able; mellow even covering of firm flesh; features 

 refined but not delicate 



CONSTITUTION, chest capacious; brisket well devel- 

 oped; flanks deep; bone fine but strong 



CONDITION, thrifty, well fleshed, but not excessively 



fat ; deep covering of firm flesh 6 



DISPOSITION, quiet, gentle 3 



COLOR, and markings, according to breed 



HEAD AND NECK: 



MUZZLE, mouth and nostrils large; lips thin 



EYES, large, clear, placid 



FACE, short, quiet, expressive 



FOREHEAD, broad, full 



EARS, medium size, fine texture 



NECK, thick, short; throat clean according to breed 



FOREQUARTERS: 



SHOULDER VEIN, full 



SHOULDER, covered with flesh; compact 



BRISKET, well developed; breast wide 



DEWLAP, skin not too loose and drooping 



LEGS, straight, short, set well apart; arm full; bones 

 smooth, strong, being neither too coarse nor too 

 fine 



BODY: 



RIBS, long, well-arched, thickly fleshed 7 



CROPS, full 5 



BACK, broad, straight, thickly and evenly fleshed. . 7 



LOIN, thick, broad 7 



FLANK, full, even with underline 



HINDQUARTERS: 



HIPS, smoothly covered; width in proportion with 



other parts 3 



RUMP, long, level, wide and even in width; not 



patchy ("patchy," means big bunches of fat) 



tail-head smooth 



PIN BONES, not prominent, width in proportion with 



other parts 



THIGHS, full, fleshed well down to hock 5 



LEGS, straight, short, set well apart, bones smooth 



being neither coarse nor too fine 



Total... ioo 



With exception of form, quality and constitution 

 those parts of the beef animal receiving the highest 

 counts on the score card are the regions of the best 



