THE MORE IMPORTANT DAIRY BREEDS 333 



_ Possible 



PARTS DESCRIPTION Score 



Neck — Long; fine and clean at juncture with the head; 

 free from dewlap ; evenly and smoothly joined to 

 shoulders. (Discredit, vs %, s %, m J^, vm 54» e 1.) 4 



Shoulders — Slightly lower than the hips ; fine and even 

 over tops; moderately broad and full at sides. (Dis- 

 credit, vs Vs, s Vi, m Vz, vm %, e 1.) 3 



Chest — Of moderate depth and lowness ; smooth and mod- 

 erately full in the brisket; full in the foreflanks 

 (or through the heart). (Discredit, vs ^A, s ^, m 1, 

 vm 1^, e 2.) 6 



Crops — Moderately full. (Discredit, vs ^A, s J4, m ?4. 



vm IVz, e 2.) 2 



Chine — Straight; strong; broadly developed, with open 



vertebrce. (Discredit, vs l^, s ^, m ^/^, vm %, e 1.) 6 



Barrel — Long; of wedge shape; well rounded; with a large 

 abdomen, trimly held up (in judging the last item 

 age must be considered). (Discredit, vs %, s l^, 

 m ^, vm %, e 1.) 7 



Loin and Hips — Broad; level or nearly level between the 

 hook-bones; level and strong laterally; spreading 

 from chine broadly and nearly level; hook-bones 

 fairly prominent. (Discredit, vs *^, s '^, m J^, 

 vm %, e 1.) 6 



Bump — Long; high; broad with roomy pelvis; nearly level 

 laterally; comparatively full above the thurl; carried 

 out straight to dropping of tail. (Discredit, vs Vs> 

 s%,mj^,vm%,el.) 6 



Thurl — High; broad. (Discredit, vs ^A, » Yz, m 1, vm l^/^, 



e 2.) 3 



Quarters — Deep; straight behind; twist filled with devel- 

 opment of udder; wide and moderately full at the 

 sides. (Discredit, vs %, s U, m i^, vm %, e 1.) 4 



Flanks — Deep ; comparatively full. (Discredit, vs Vk , 



s H, m j^, vm ^, e 1.) 2 



Iiegs — Comparatively short ; clean and nearly straight ; 

 wide apart; firmly and squarely set under the body; 

 feet of medium size, round, solid and deep. (Dis- 

 credit, vs %, s ^/4, m "^^ vm %, e 1.) 4 



Tail — Large at base, the setting well back; tapering finely 

 to switch; the end of the bone reaching to hocks or 

 below; the switch full. (Discredit, s %, m ^^, e i/^.) 2 



Hair and Handling — Hair healthful in appearance; fine, 

 soft and furry; the skin of medium thickness and 

 loose; mellow under the hand; the secretions oily, 

 abundant and of a rich brown or yellow color. (Dis- 

 credit, vs H, s ^, m 1, vm IJ/^, e 2.) 8 



Mammary Veins — Very large; very crooked (age must be 

 taken into consideration in judging of size and crook- 

 edness) ; entering very large or numerous orifices ; 

 double extension; with special developments, such as 

 branches, connections, etc. (Discredit, vs y^, s Vz, 

 m 1, vm IH, e 2.) 10 



Udder — Very capacious ; very flexible ; quarters even ; 

 nearly filling the space in the rear below the twist, 

 extending well forward in the front; broad and well 

 held up. (Discredit, vs i/4, s ^, m 1, vm l^/^, e 2.) 12 



