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mals are Red Polls, Brown Swiss, Shorthorn and 

 Ayrshires. 



276. Judging Cattle. To become a good judge of 

 stock one should study to find out the form and habits 

 that represent useful qualities. The diagram in Fig. 132 

 should be closely studied, with two or three animals at 

 hand fcr comparison, in training the judgment on the 

 useful points. 



Cattle should be judged for the use that is to be made 

 of them. Where one is selecting "feeders," animals hav- 

 ing the beef-type conformation will be more profitable. 

 The person who has studied and practiced judging beef 

 cattle will be able to quickly recognize the animals lack- 

 ing in depth of body, quietness of disposition, or in what 

 the butcher calls "quality," i. e., fine bone, soft, mellow 

 hide, and silky hair. The animal with long legs, shallow- 

 ness in depth of body at heart girth, and light in flanks, 

 will rarely make a good feeder. Likewise, in selecting 

 dairy cows, one comes to recognize certain habits and 

 peculiarities of conformation that distinguish animals 

 of special merit for dairy purposes. 



