468 



STATE BOAED OF AGRICULTUKE. 



low, blocky, heavy-set cattle, with solid mellow flesh. Some had too great a pro- 

 portion of fat to cut to advantage and profit. This was particularly noticeable 

 in the older steers, in which the proportion of fat and cheap, inferior flesh to 

 the valuable portions of carcass, was too great to give the butcher any profit 

 or the consumer the best quality of well-marbled flesh." 



The first choice was the Short-horn steer and next was the Hereford grade, 

 which, however, would dress more net weight than the other. 



After having paid attention to the foregoing points in selection for beef, the 

 next point to be considered is the selection of animals that will make a good, 

 thrifty growth. Considerable attention has been directed toward this of late, 

 and the report of the Fat Stock Show in Chicago has a table of weights and ages, 

 showing in connection the daily average since birth. There is this slight dis- 

 crepancv, in that the weight at birth is not taken into consideration, and to be 

 strictly accurate this weight should be deducted to show the true average gain. 



Table of ages, weights, and average gain of each animal per day since birth. 

 (Report of fat stock show, Chicago.) 





ISSO 



1902 



1280 



1220 



969 



978 



650 



670 



1721 



1188 



1245.8 



1600 

 1480 

 1275 

 2075 

 1285 



1812 



1.64 

 2.28 

 1.90 

 1.20 

 1.08 



1.45 



REMARKS. 



Short-horn Steer. 



Averages of 10 Short-horns. 



