SECTION LIII. BEEF CATTLE 



The beef type. The chief use of the beef breeds is to fur- 

 nish meat. The form that is desirable in a beef animal is 

 one that affords the largest proportion of valuable meat and 

 the smallest proportion of inferior meat and waste. Hence, 

 the neck and legs should be short and the body full, deep, 

 and rounded. The shape of a beef animal's body is "blocky " 



FIG. 1 88. SHOWING THE BEEF FORV 

 Views from behind and from the side. 



and somewhat like that of a brick set on edge with the 

 edges and corners rounded off (Fig. 188). The best cuts 

 are those from the upper part of the body, especially in the 

 region of the loins. The back and loins of a beef animal, 

 therefore, should be broad and deeply covered with flesh. 



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