SCORE-CARDING CATTLE 231 



Hereford Bull. 



Max 



Points. 



General Appearance, 26 points 



CARRIAGE of animal when walking . 

 SIZE AND WEIGHT, according to age 



COLOUR AND MARKINGS 



HAIR AND SKIN Skin thick and mellow to the touch, 



with thick soft hair 



FLESH Body well covered with flesh, which is firm and 



mellow to the touch, and free from patchiness . 

 Plead and Neck , 10 points 



MASCULINE HEAD, horns slightly drooping, short face, 



prominent eyes, and flesh-coloured nose .... 



NECK Good crest, clean throat ; the whole sloping 



gradually on to shoulders 



Fore Quarters. 8 points 



SHOULDERS not prominent ; shoulder-blades well open on 



top, and well covered with flesh 



Body, 24 points 



CHEST wide and deep, well filled in behind shoulders ; 



large heart girth 



RIBS long, and well arched 



BACK AND LOIN strong and broad, level with upperline . 

 FLANK Full and well down, straight underline 

 Hind Quarters, 27 points 



HIND QUARTERS as long and as wide as possible, well 

 filled in from hip-bones to root of tail. Hip-bones not 



prominent. Tail well set on 



UPPER THIGH full and well developed 



LOWER THIGH prominent, and well fleshed down to hock . 

 Legs, 5 points 



LEGS Should be short, set on well apart, strong clean bone 



9 



6 



4 



16 

 6 



100 



The Hereford Herd Book Society has drawn up the 

 following standard of merit for Hereford Cattle : 



Hereford Cattle. 



The Bull should have a moderately short head ; broad fore- 

 head. Horns waxlike, springing straight out from side of forehead 

 and slightly drooping ; those with black tips or turning upwards 

 are not favoured, 



