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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 liips to pin bones is 

 verv fisaentifll *' 



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 



