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through the pelvis below, important when giving birth to 

 young, while the prominence of backbone presupposes a 

 "good development of the spinal cord," according to the 

 Guernsey scale of points. These are both theories, not sup- 

 ported by any actual evidence, and too much emphasis 

 should not be placed on their importance. Some years ago 



Fig. 161. "A wide rump, however, from hips to pin bones is 

 very essential." 



the late Dr. Leonard Pearson, long Dean of University of 

 Pennsylvania Veterinary College, in conversation with the 

 writer relative to the pelvic arch, stated that as Pennsyl- 

 vania State Veterinarian he had conducted many post 

 mortem examinations on dairy cows. He was much inter- 

 ested in the pelvic arch theory, but found absolutely no 

 evidence to support it, cows with high arches oftentimes 

 having much smaller pelvic space below than did cows with 



