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Dressed Carcass Contests Held at the First Terri- 

 torial Fair and Their Value in the De- 

 velopment of the Live Stock Industry. 



By Dr. Leonard N. Case, 

 Assistant Territorial Veterinarian. 



It may be stated without fear of contradiction that there is no 

 better way of demonstrating the actual improvement in any 

 class of meat-producing animals than a comparison of their 

 records on the block. These records show at once what the 

 producer has done in the way of improving his herd and what 

 remains to be done to reach the final goal, i. e., the early matur- 

 ing animal having the largest percentage of most valuable cuts. 



In this age of conservation and "hooverism" it should be and 

 is the aim of every breeder of meat-producing animals to double 

 his output without increasing his range, to grow more and 

 better feed on the same amount of land and to produce an ani- 

 mal which will mature in half the time it formerly took. 



The vast improvement which has taken place in the live stock 

 industry of this Territory in the past ten or twelve years was 

 amply demonstrated at the last Territorial Fair. Such an ex- 

 hibition would not have been possible a number of years ago. 

 But how does this visible improvement compare with the actual 

 increased value of these animals as food producers ; is this in- 

 creased value of these anima:ls at all commensurate with the time 

 and expense of improvement; is the producer justified in turning 

 grain into meat at the present market prices and system of mar- 

 keting? These are questions which can be answered only at the 

 killing floors and when the carcass is on the block. 



STEER CONTEST. 



For many years on the mainland, both purebred and grade 

 steers have been entered in live stock fairs as exhibitions of 

 breeding and feeding and eventually these steers have been 

 s'laughtered and valuable data obtained from the cut carcass. 

 This has been done primarily for the education of the stock 

 raisers and to emphasize those points upon which he should fix 

 his attention and those methods of breeding and feeding most 

 likely to bring about the highest results. A standard of ex- 

 cellence as to form in the live animal and balance in the dressed 



