CHAP. III. 



CONTOUR OF CATTLE. 



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bone " or " tail-head," and so on ; the points in all the diagrams, figs. 

 88, 39, 40, and 41, being the same. The height of legs from the ground 

 line, g I, (or line 7, 8, 9,) can be measured or estimated by distance from 



Fig. 38. Contour of Ox. 



the line 4, 5, 6. In all the figures above named, d indicates the " flank," 

 c the rise of shoulder as explained in connexion with figs. 34 and 35. 



Fig. 39. Contour of Heifer. 



xii. On the Judging of the Value of Stock by the System of Points. 

 At one, and that no very distant, period in the history of agriculture, 

 it was held by many of its most advanced practitioners that it was 

 discreditable that no standard or standards could be set up, by which to 



