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BULLETIN 1464, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP 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. — Low cutter grade slaughter cow 
Low cutter or No. 6. — Low cutter or No. 6 grade slaughter cows 
are extremely inferior in conformation, finish, and quality. They 
are extremely rangy or angular, being extremely narrow in propor- 
tion to length of body. The legs are extremely long and set ex- 
tremely 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 back- 
bone, 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. 
