CHAPTER XXI 



JUDGING BEEF CATTLE 



In judging beef cattle, wc have different classes Hnd con- 

 ditions of animals. Examples of these may be found in 

 mature bulls or cows, and young stock in breeding herds; 

 and in fat cattle ready for the butcher, or in feeders that 

 are not yet in condition for killing. If of about the same 

 age and condition of flesh, however, wc shall find that they 



Figure 88. — Victor, Grand champion steer at the 1911 International Lii-e 

 Stock Exposition. Fed and siiown by Iowa State College. Photograph 

 from The Farmer. 



have much in common in type and form. In a study of 

 beef cattle through the use of the score card and the scale of 

 points, it is customary for classroom work to make use of as 

 good examples of such animals as are obtainable, judging 

 them as fat cattle. The following scale of points is espe- 

 cially arranged for the scoring of fat cattle, and its use is 

 discussed herewith. 



