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BULLETIN" 1464, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
the bones of the legs are either very large or very small and the hide 
is either very thick or thin and very unpliant. The flesh is either 
very soft or slightly hard and has almost no fat interspersed be- 
tween any of its muscles. The hide is very tight. The hair is very 
dry and harsh and very decidedly lacking in oil. 
Individuals of this grade are only in rare instances of beef -type 
breeding being for the most part of pronounced dairy-type breeding 
or nondescripts. They range from somewhat less than 2 years old 
up and as a rule weigh from 800 to 1,000 pounds. They are received 
regularly at practically all central markets, but are relatively scarce 
during the late winter and spring months when considerable num- 
bers of them sell as feeder cows. They are in very liberal supply 
during the summer and fall months when the market demand for 
them is relatively light. 
Fig. 22. — Canner grade slaughter cow 
Canner or No. 6. — Canner or No. 6 grade slaughter cows are 
extremely inferior in conformation, finish, and quality. They are 
extremely rangy or angular, being extremely narrow in proportion 
to length of body. The legs are extremely long and set extremely 
close together, and the head is extremely long and narrow and the 
neck is extremely long, thin, and tapering in appearance. The top 
line is extremely irregular and oblique and the bottom line sags to an 
extreme degree, the animal as a rule being extremely paunchy. The 
lines of the sides are extremely irregular and oblique and the animal 
is extremely rough over the shoulders, crops, back, loins, hips, and 
rump. Practically the entire bony frame work of the animal is 
visible, the bones of the shoulders and hips, the backbone, and the 
ribs being extremely prominent. The flesh is extremely thin and 
the lines of each part are extremely depressed, sunken, and concave 
in appearance. 
