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the body has a great relative depth with corresponding shortness 

 of leg. The hips of the Aberdeen-Angus are usually neatly 

 covered and well laid in. The nmtp frequently slopes consider- 

 ably to each side of the tail head, which may set level or be a bit 

 high, but is usually long and heavily fleshed. The thigh and tzvist 

 carry as great a relative proportion of meat to bone as any breed 

 of beef cattle, though it often lacks the squareness of the Short- 

 horn at the back thigh, being rounder in outline and very deep 



Fig. 119. Eritus 5th 245516, by Blackcap Bertram 183787, first-prize junior year- 

 ling and reserve-champion Aberdeen-Angus female at the 1918 International Live- 

 stock Exposition. Photograph by Hildebrand, by courtesy of the owners of the 

 cow, C. D. and E. F. Caldwell, BurUngton Junction, IMissouri 



in the twist. The leg is usually short and fine in quality of bone 



and joint. In quality this breed is of the first rank, as shown by 



the mellow, elastic, medium thick skin, the fine coat of hair, and 



moderate joints and small bone. Compared with the Galloway 



the Aberdeen-Angus has a smoother, shorter coat of hair and 



generally a shorter, blockier type of body, with more spring and 



depth of rib. The temperament, in general, is more nervous than 



that of the Shorthorn. 



The color of Aberdeen-Angus cattle is almost universally black, 



though red occurs at rare interyals. In the early days of the 

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