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Breed Standards

SCALE OF POINTS FOR SHETLAND CATTLE

As fixed by the Members of Council

at a meeting held on 16th February 1911

Origins

Bull Enter

Cow Enter

Scale of Points for Cow

 

1.

Head

 

 

Small and nicely formed. Forehead wide, face slightly dished;
muzzle fine; nostrils open; eyes full and placid;
ears small, rising slightly and well furnished with hair;
jaws clean (6);
horns fine, small and incurvung with slight upward tendency (2)
 

Total

8

 

2.

Neck

 

 

Straight, long and thinm and lightly placed on shoulders.
 

Total

5

 

3.

Fore Quarters

 

 

Wedgelike in shape, shoulders sloping, withers fine (4);
chest deep and broad to ensure constitution; brisket well developed (6)
The fore quarters light, the cow increasing in depth and width backwards
 

Total

10

 

4.

Back

 

 

Straight from the withers to setting of tail, croup and setting on fine (6); barrel deep and wide denoting large capacity, ribs well sprung (6)
 

Total

12

 

5.

Hind Quarters

 

 

Broad and strong, hock bones wide and not overspread With fat (4);
hips wide apart and well developed (4); tail long, slender and good switch (2)
 

Total

10

 

6.

Udder

 

 

Capacious and fleshy, broad and well attached to body (20);
milk veins about udder and abdomen Well developed (8);
teats good uniform, squarely placed (10)
 

Total

38

 

7.

Legs

 

 

Short, fine and clean in bone, not to cross or sweep In walking (5).
 

Total

5

 

8.

Skin

 

 

Thin, fine to touch and well coated with close Soft small hair (2).
 

Total

2

 

9.

Colour

 

 

Various. Prevailing colours black and dun. Also black rigged, black and white spotted, white with blue or black coloured necks, red, red and
white, and combinations of these markings (2).
 

Total

2

 

10.

Growth

 

Total

3

 

11.

General Appearance

 

 

Well bred and feminine (5).
 

Total

5

 

PERFECTION

Total

100