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ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 
From an American Standpoint! 
Mr. Lewis F. Allen, the best known historian of American cattle, says: 
“Beginning with the head — the most characteristic feature — tiio 
muzzle is fine, the nose eithei dark brown or black, and occasionally a 
yellowish shade, with a peculiar mealy, light-colored hair running up tho 
face into a smoky hue, when it gradually takes tho color of tho body ; 
the face is slightly dishing, clean of flesh, mild and gentlo in expression, 
the eye clear and full, and encircled with a distinct ring of the color of 
the nose; tho forehead is bold, horns short, curving inward, and waxy 
in color, with black tips ; the ear is sizable, thin, and quick in movement. 
Tho whole head is original, and blood-like in appearance, more so than in 
JansEY Cow, “Oweida.” No. 47. 100, Property of Mr. C. I. Hood, Lowell, Mass. 
almost any other of the cattle race — reminding one strongly of the head 
of our American Elk. The nock is somewhat depressed — -would he 
called ‘ cwe-ncckcd,’ by some — hut clean in the throat with moderate, 
or little dewlap ; the shoulders are wido and somewhat raggod, with 
prominent points, running dow r n to a delicate arm and slender legs 
beneath ; the fore-quarters stand rather close together, with a thinnish, 
yet well developed brisket between ; tho ribs are flat, yet giving sufficient 
play for good lungs ; the back depressed, and somewhat hollow, the belly 
deep and large, the hips tolerably wide, the rump and tail high, tho loin 
and quarter medium in length, the thigh thin and deep, the twist wide, to 
accommodate a good sized udder, tho flanks medium, tho hocks or 
gambrel joints crooked, the hind legs small, the u-fder capacious, square. 
