250 



brought $101.34 in Honolulu at 18c dressed weight, or $91.28 on 

 Maui at 16c. 



The same applies to the steers. The Hereford steer (No. 7) 

 weighed 690 pounds when put on feed at 22 months old. He was 

 fed for 303 days during which time he gained 532 pounds, or 

 1.75 'pounds per day. The daily ration consisted of from 12 to 

 15 pounds of rolled barley, cracked corn, bran, alfalfa meal and 

 molasses, a little linseed meal and, for roughage, Rhodes grass 

 hay, alfalfa and pasture. The cost of the grain was $143.40 and 

 the roughage probably $40.00. The initial cost of the animal 

 was about $52.00, or a total invested of $235.00. The carcass of 

 this steer, prime in every respect, dressing nearly 65%, would 

 have brought its owner at the top Honolulu price $141.84. On 

 the Chicago market it would, on the same date, have brought 

 $220.00. Is it necessary to say that the exhibitors in the dressed 

 carcass contest entered the same for anything but gain ? 



The weights of the green hides remain, unless some mistake 

 has occurred, a mystery, the hide of the Hereford yearling 

 weighing 12 pounds more than that of the Hereford steer, nearly 

 3 years old. 



Table H. 



BLOCK WEIGHTS AND PERCENTAGES. 



Steer No. Steer No. 7 Steer No. 4 



Hind quarters ;j<i3 lbs. 48.17f 36614 lbs. 47.4% 26214 lbs. 47.4% 



Fore quarters 392 lbs. 51.9% 40614 lbs. 52.6% 2911^ lbs. 52.6% 



These weights and percentages indicate that the Angus had 

 a better balanced carcass than the Herefords. The difference 

 may seem small, but it is far from insignificant. 



I 

 Table HI. 



TRIMMINGS. 



Steer No. Steer No. 7 Steer No. 4 



Tripe '36 lbs. 331/2 lbs 26 lbs. 



Liver 12 lbs. 12 lbs. 9 lbs. 



Tongue 5 lbs. 51/2 lbs. 41/2 lbs. 



Cheek meat 5 lbs. 5 lbs. 4 lbs. 



Heart 5 lbs. 5 lbs. 4 lbs. 



Tail 31/2 lbs. 31/2 lbs. 3% lbs. 



Suet and kidneys 241^ lbs. 261/2 lbs. I6V2 lbs. 



Caul fat 13 lbs. 21 lbs. 71/2 lbs. 



It was recently asserted before the congressional commission 

 investigating the so-called "beef trust" that the wholesale butch- 

 ers, the "packers," sell the dressed carcass at cost or less than 

 they pay for the cattle- on the hoof, say 18 cents per pound — and 

 take their profits out of the trimmings and the hide. The trim- 

 mings are therefore of immense importance, to the wholesalers 



