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flesh. A careful study of the work of those breeders who 

 have made a name in the breeding of beef cattle will bear 

 out the assertion that every one of them appreciated 

 these two qualities. To illustrate this point we may use 

 the most marked example in recent years, by referring to 

 the work of two of the most successful breeders of beef 

 cattle, Amos and Anthony Cruickshank, of Sittyton, Scot- 

 land, 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, Cham- 

 pion of England and Roan Gauntlet, have been described 

 by a recent writer (Prof. T. F. Jamieson, in the London 

 Live Stock Journal) as possessing this quality in an inor- 

 dinate degree, though they had other features of minor 

 importance which, however, would cause some judges to 

 overlook such animals in a show r 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, thriv- 

 ing beasts, with straight backs, deep ribs and good hair; 

 heavy carcasses on short legs; often not so stylish 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 tended 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." 



