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In the last carcass contest, comparison in the steer class was 

 confined to two entries, one a practically pure bred polled angus 

 and the other a grade diirham. One has been grain finished 

 for the market and the other was from range pasturage. The re- 

 sults were as follows : 



STEER CARCASS NO. I. 



Breed Grade — Durham 



Age 4 years 



Feeding. Grass fed 



Live weight 1239 lbs. 



Dressed weight 765 lbs.- 



Dressing percentage 61.743% 



Dressed weight after 48 hrs. chilling 75.2 lbs. 



Loss in shrinkage 13 lbs. 



Percentage in shrinkage 1.8% 



Weight of caul fat 10 lbs. 



" tripe 27.5 " 



" liver 11.5 " 



'' tongue 7 



" " cheek meat 8 



'' heart meat 4 



" green hide 94 



" " tail 2.5 '' 



" '' suet and kidneys 6 " 



" " hind quarters 341.5 " 



" fore quarters 410.5 " 



Weight of different cuts and percentage of same : 



Cuts. Weight. Percentage. 



Rounds 190 lbs. 25.2 % 



Chucks 156 " 20.7 % 



Loins 122.5 " 16.2 % 



Plates 106.5 " 14.1 % 



Cross ribs and shanks 76.5 " 10.17% 



Ribs 65 " 8.6 % 



Flanks 18 " 2.39% 



Skirt steaks 6.5 " 0.86%. 



Tail, suet and kidneys 8.5 " 1.13% 



STEER CARCASS NO. 11. 



Breed Polled Angus 



Age 4 years 



Feeding Stall fed, principally corn 



Live weight 1 572 lbs. 



Dressed weight 977 lbs. 



Dressing percentage 62.15% 



Dressed weight after 48 hrs. chilHng. . .962 lbs. 



Loss in shrinkage 15 lbs. 



Percentage of loss in shrinkage . 1.6% 



