Judging Live StockKenyon Company, Incorporated, 1901 - 187 pages |
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ABERDEEN ANGUS action animal appearance belly BERKSHIRE SWINE body bog spavin bone bred breed breeders brisket broad butcher carriage CATTLE characteristic chest CHESTER WHITE CHEVIOT SHEEP clean coarse color covered dairy cow deep delaine desirable draft horse ears Escutcheon evenly eyes face feet fiber firm flabby flank fleece flesh foot fore legs girth GUERNSEY CATTLE Hackney Horse hair head hind legs hind quarter hips hock horns incisors indicating judging knee lambs loin MANZ CHICAGO medium length milk moderately muscle muscular mutton neck nose pastern Photo pounds prize prominent RED POLLED region ribs ringbones round Rump SCALE OF POINTS sheep short shoulder show ring side sidebones sired skin slightly slope smooth soft sprung stallion straight strong SWINE tail tapering thick thigh thin trotter trotting udder weight wide width winner wool ΙΟ
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Page 133 - Head. — Medium in size and hornless, fine, carried well up, the forehead or face well covered with wool, especially between the ears and on the cheeks and in the ewe slightly dished 5 Lips and Under Jaw. — Fine and thin ; . . | Ears.
Page 170 - Legs and Feet. — Legs medium length; straight; set well apart and squarely under body; tapering; well muscled and wide above knee and hock; below hock and knee round and tapering, capable of sustaining weight of animal in full flesli without breaking down; bone firm and of fine texture; pasterns short and nearly upright.
Page 100 - Color — Any shade of red. The switch of tail and udder may be white, with some white running forward to the navel. Nose of a clear flesh color. Interior of ears should be of a yellowish, waxy color ........ .... 2 Objections — An extreme dark, or an extreme light red is not desirable. A cloudy nose or one with dark spots. Head — Of medium length, wide between the eyes, sloping gradually from above eyes to poll.
Page 137 - Twist or junction inside, the thighs deep, wide, and full, which, with a broad breast, will keep the legs open and upright 5 Fleece: The whole body should be covered with long...
Page 137 - Face. — Either white or slightly mixed with gray, or white dappled with brown 4 Nostrils. — Wide and expanded ; nose dark 1 Eyes. — Prominent, but mild looking 2 Ears.
Page 165 - ... of ham should be full and stifle well covered with flesh. Even width of ham and rump with the back, loin and body. Even a greater width as to females not objectionable.
Page 101 - HIDE. — Loose, mellow, flexible, inclined to thickness, with a good, full coat of soft hair 5 Objections: Thin, papery skin or wiry hair. CONDITION. — Healthy, moderate to liberal flesh evenly laid on; glossy coat; animal presented in full bloom 10 Total 100 DISQUALIFICATIONS.
Page 136 - Head moderately fine, broad between the eyes and nostrils, but without a short, thick appearance, and well covered on crown with long, lustrous wool 8 Face either white or slightly mixed with gray, or white dappled with brown 4 Nostrils wide and expanded ; nose dark 1 Eyes prominent but mild looking 2 Ears broad, long, moderately thin, and covered with short hair 4 Collar...
Page 104 - ... inches in length, equal in thickness — the thickness being in proportion to the length — hanging perpendicularly, their distance apart at the sides should be equal to...
Page 58 - The progeny of a registered standard pacing horse and a registered standard pacing mare. 2. — A stallion sired by a registered standard pacing horse, provided his dam and grandam were sired by registered standard pacing horses, and he himself has a pacing record...