142 FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



vein is more filled, the back is wider and more level, the 

 breast is fuller, the brisket is wider, the fore flank becomes 

 fuller and the hind flank thicker, the crops become fuller 

 and the thighs incfease within and without; (3) the cover- 

 ing of the parts usually bare, or nearly so, in the lean animal, 

 as the shoulder blade and loin is increased; (4) the points 

 prominent in the lean animal, as the shoulder points, hooks, 



AAGGIE CORNUCOPIA PAULINE 



World's Champion Holstein seven-day butter cow with her 

 owner and breeder, H. D. Roe. Record 34 Ibs. 5.2 ozs. 

 [Photo by Prof. W. G. Johnson.] 



and pin bones, become less so, in some instances, to the ex- 

 tent of being hidden and (5) the skin often somewhat harsh 

 and adherent over the ribs in the lean animal, becomes 

 much more pliant and loose, and the hair increases in mos- 

 siness an brightness. 



Type in dairy cattle. With dairy cattle the leading 

 indications of form and function are essentially the same in 

 all breeds and grades, from the time that the cow first 



