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depth or wealth of natural flesh. A careful ?,tudy of the 

 work of those breeders who have made a name in the breed- 

 ing of beef cattle will bear out the assertion that every one 

 of them highly appreciated these two qualities. To illus- 

 trate this point we may use the most marked example in 

 recent years, by referring to the work ol two of the most 

 successful breeders of beef cattle, Amos and Anthony 

 Cruickshank, of Sittyton, Scotland, as their work bears out 

 the value of the two features that have been selected for 

 more prominence than others. Two of the best sires that 

 were used in their herd, Champion of England and Roan 

 Gauntlet, have been described by a recent writer (Prof. T. 

 F. Jamieson, in the London Live Stock Journal) as posses- 

 sing this quality in an inordinate degree, though they had 

 other features of minor importance which, however, would 

 cause some judges to overlook such animals in a show ring. 

 Referring to the Champion of England, this writer states 

 that his produce were better than those of any other bull 

 used at Sittyton, asserting that "they were large, growthy, 

 healthy, thriving beasts, with straight backs, deep ribs and 

 good hair : heavy carcasses on short legs ; often not so styl- 

 ish and neat in their hind quarters, for they lacked that 

 finish in their frames that would have brought them to the 

 top in the Royal or Highland society's shows. A marked 

 feature was their early development. No other bull's calves 

 came out so strong as young animals. Champion himself 

 was in color a roan, of good size but not extra large, stood 

 on short legs, had a deep-ribbed, heavy carcass, a strong 

 back, which so far from shrinking at all at the loins or 

 middle rather tenc'ed to arch up there. He had a slight 

 drop from the hooks to the rump which detracted from his 

 appearance, but had good hind quarters, was heavy and full 

 in his thighs, unusually good in his fore ribs and had a fine 

 elastic skin with good hair. ' ' 



