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likewise be determined by continuing the hands toward the 

 shoulder, feeling the fulness of the shoulder vein during the 

 process. 



Shoulders. After completing this part of the shoulder 

 examination the right hand should be placed on top of the 

 shoulders to determine the width, smoothness, and firmness. 

 The hands, one on each side of the animal, should then be 

 passed down the line of the chest or girth which is back of the 



FIG. 153. Determining the development through the lower chest region 

 and in the flanks. 



withers and shoulders, this constituting the junction of the 

 forequarters and body proper. The spring and depth of rib, 

 and fulness of chest and foreflank should thus be deter- 

 mined. 



Body. After determining the size and fulness of the 

 heart girth, the right hand should be brought to the top of the 

 shoulders, or slightly back of them, whence the left is passed 

 to the floor of the chest to determine the depth of the animal 

 in this part. The right hand should then be passed along 



