THE BEEF COW 



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LESSON XXIV 



THE BEEF COW 



This lesson should follow Lesson 23, so that the com- 

 parison of the two types may be brought out more 

 clearly. The chief characteristics of the beef cow are 

 as follows: 



In the beef form the outline of the body approaches 

 the rectangular. The general contour of the top and 

 bottom line is straight and parallel, and the general di- 



FIG. 29. BEEF TYPE 



mensions of the body approximate those of a brick. In 

 the best beef animal the whole body is thickly and 

 smoothly covered with flesh, so that the angles of the 

 bones are not prominent. The neck is short, and the 

 whole body has a rounded appearance. In the beef type, 

 not only is the udder small, but the veins leading from 



