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showing the broad flat loin so common with Shorthorn or Here- 

 ford though heavily and thickly fleshed. The ribs show consider- 

 able depth, and are usually very smoothly fleshed over. The back 

 tends to dip some at the withers, though with the best speci- 

 mens this is not so. The body has a great relative depth, 



FIG. 90. Lady of Meadowbrook 21466, by Zaire 5th 13067. A noted Aberdeen 

 Angus show cow, winning the highest awards in 1898, 1899, and 1900 at 

 the leading fairs. Owned by D. Bradfute & Son, Xenia, Ohio. Photograph 

 from the National Stockman and Farmer 



with a corresponding shortness of leg. The hips of the Aberdeen 

 Angus are usually nicely covered and well laid in. The rump 

 frequently slopes considerably to each side of the tail head, which 

 may set level or be a bit high, but is usually long and heavily 

 fleshed. The thigh and twist carry as great a relative proportion 

 of meat to bone as any breed of beef cattle, though it often lacks 

 the squareness of the Shorthorn at the back thigh, being rounder 

 in outline and very deep in the twist. The leg is usually rather 

 short and fine in quality of bone and joint. The almost universal 

 color is black, though red occurs at rare intervals. Originally 

 brindles, browns, striped, and reds were common, but these colors 

 are in great disfavor and all but black are practically of interest 

 only historically. According to the by-laws of the American 

 Aberdeen Angus Association, " Males red in color, or with a 



