SCORING OF DAIRY CATTLE. 



305 



Dairy Tempera- 

 ment, 



Constitution. 

 38. 



FOR BULLS. 



Clean cut, lean face; strong sinewy jaw, wide 

 muzzle with wide open nostrils; full bright eye 

 with quiet and gentle expression ; forehead long 

 and broad 5 



Long masculine neck with strong juncture to 



head; clean throat. Backbone rising well 

 between shoulder blades; large rugged spinal 

 processes, indicating good development of the 

 spinal cord 5 



Pelvis arching and wide; rump long; wide strong 

 structure of spine at setting on of tail. Long 

 thin tail with good switch. Thin, incurving 

 thighs 5 



Ribs amply and fully sprung and wide apart, 

 giving an open relaxed conformation; thin, 

 arching flank 5 



Abdomen large and deep, with strong muscular 

 and navel development, indicative of capacity 

 and vitality 15 



Hide firm yet loose, with an oily feeling and tex- 

 ture, but not thick 3 



Dairy Prepotency, 

 15. 



As shown by having a great deal of vigor, style, 

 alertness, and resolute appearance 15 



Rudimentaries and 

 Milk Veins, 

 10. 



Rudimentaries of good size, squarely and broadly 

 placed in front of and free from scrotum. Milk 

 veins prominent 10 



Indicating color of 

 Milk in Offspring, 

 15. 



{Skin deep yellow in ear, on end of bone of tail, at 

 base of horns and body generally, hoofs amber 

 colored . , 15 



f Color of hair, a shade of fawn with white mark- 

 ings. Cream colored nose. Horns amber- 

 colored, curving and not coarse 8 



Symmetry and Size, \ Size for the breed: Mature bulls, four years old 



22. or over, about 1500 Ibs 4 



General appearance as indicative of the power to 

 beget animals of strong dairy qualities 10 



Perfection. 100 



