Judging Beef Cattle. 



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glossy hair are indications that the animal will dress out a large 

 percentage of meat of good quality. 



JUDGING FEEDERS. 



In judging feeders it must be borne in mind that they are unfinished 

 cattle and therefore do not have the width and covering of flesh of 

 fat cattle. In general the same qualifications apply to feeders as to 

 fat cattle except that certain points of the score card must be empha- 



Fig. 6. — This feeder steer shows the undesirable qualities of a long, sharp face, a dull eye, a small heart 

 girth, weak, low neck, poor loin, light hind quarters, and the characteristic expression of a poor feeder 

 that will never develop into the desirable market type. 



sized and others minimized. The desirable feeder is one that will 

 dress out a high percentage of high-priced meats when finished and 

 slaughtered. The feeder should have a rugged constitution and 

 "middle" enough to indicate that large quantities of feed can be 

 consumed and converted into beef. A good indication of constitu- 

 tion in a feeder is a large heart girth, short, thick neck, and thickness 

 in general. The general features, especially those of the head, should 

 receive close inspection. A good head, short and wide between the 

 eyes, with a large muzzle and mouth, together with a prominent eye, 

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