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the progeny may have to follow the dam in this respect. The 

 breast of the male also presents a clean, true outline which 

 should counteract the too full line of the female in this section. 

 (See illustration, Plate 24.) 



Males for Heavy Bodied Females. The fifth problem and 

 the correct solution of which is particularly important in view 

 of the very general tendency among females to take on an excess 

 of flesh, particularly in the abdomen after their first year, is to 

 select males for these females with shallow bodies in rear, or 

 shallow abdomens, but with good breast development and good 

 top lines. Such males have, as a rule, rather long shanks and 

 are rather highly posted, which is desirable in a male for a mate 

 to a female of the above description. (See illustration, Plate 25.) 



