Beef and Dual-purpose Cattle 



337 



92lbv &IRLOIN/2aibi. 

 ,'@ 7 eta. 



20cte.{ 



!l2cfe/ ROUND 

 / 124 Ibs. 

 ^ / @ 



pacity, breadth and fullness in the chest and heart girth, and 

 one in thrifty condition. 



178. Conformation of dual-purpose animals. Dual-purpose 

 animals are less uniform in conformation than beef or dairy cattle. 

 Some incline more toward the beef type and others toward the 

 dairy type. Com- 

 pared with beef ani- 

 mals, ' they show a 



longer neck, less tend- 

 ency toward putting 

 on fat, and the females 

 are better developed 

 in the udder, a dairy 

 characteristic. 



179. Breeds of FIG. 133. Cuts of beef. 

 beef cattle. -- The 



beef breeds in the United States are Shorthorn, Polled Durham, 

 Hereford, Polled Hereford, Aberdeen Angus, and Galloway. 

 Cattle of these breeds are popular with farmers and ranchers 

 in the western and central parts of the country where grass and 

 corn are abundant. They are also scattered over many parts 



of the South and 

 East where beef -rais- 

 ing is increasing. 



Shorthorn. The 

 most popular beef 

 breed in the United 

 States is the Short- 

 horn, or Durham 

 (Fig. 134). More 

 animals of this breed 

 than of any other are 

 found in this country 

 and they are scattered 

 FIG. 134. Shorthorn bull. over all parts. They 



