On the Farm

This morning at the reading group we discussed How to Measure a Cow by Margaret Forster. We all liked it. I found it gripping and was intrigued by the title. Eventually you get to that part.
1. Measure the length of body, from the point-of-shoulder to the point-of-rump or pin bone
2. Measure the circumference or heart girth. Measure from a point slightly behind the shoulder blade, down the fore-ribs and under the body behind the elbow all the way around. After these measurements are made in inches – use the following formula.
3. (Heart girth X heart girth X body length) ÷ 300 = weight in pounds. It might come in handy.
This was taken at Darts Farm