252 



In considering the percentage of the cuts as shown in Table 

 IV the very heavy loins of the Angus steer ( No 0) and the 

 3'earling (No. 4) at once assert themselves, 23.4% and 23.2% re- 

 spectively. The Hereford steer is fully 2% below either. Tliis, 

 in so far as the steers are concerned, is again a characteristic of 

 the Angus, the heavy loin. That the loin percentage of the 

 Hereford yearling practically equals that of the mature Angus 

 is one of the features of baby beef which has l^rougiit this class 

 of beef so prominently to the fore of recent years nnd v/hich 

 undoubtedly will keep it there for good. 



This point is emphasized if we consider the next two valuable 

 cuts, the ribs and rounds, with the loins. The percentages of 

 these three cuts aggregate for the Angus steer 54.85, for the 

 Hereford 53.74, and for the baby beef 57.10. Had this yearling 

 been finished it should have won hands down; and before long, 

 the Breeders' Gazette predicts, the agricultural or live stock 

 shows will have no classes for 2-year-old fat steers, leave alone 

 3-year-olds; the limit will be the yearling, the baby beef. 



Table V. 



CUTS AND VALTJES. 



Steer No. Steer No. 4. Steer No. 7. 



Loins @ 25e ITGVj, lbs. $44.06 l(i7Vi lbs. $41.81 IIH14 lbs. $29.1.3 



Rounds and ribs 



@ 221/26 ..24014 lbs. 54.06 26:31/4 lbs. 57.92 191 lbs. 42.97 



Chucks @ 20c 152 lbs. 30.40 154 lbs. 30.80 111 lbs. 22.20 



Cross ribs and 



Xjlates @ I71/2C. .leii/slbs. 28.23 161 lbs. 28.15 118 lbs. 20.23 



Total Beef Value $156.75 $158.68 $114.53 



In order to decide the beef value, actual and relative to the 

 live weight and dressed carcass weight, the retail prices for the 

 various beef cuts, as sold at Puunene, Maui, were taken as a 

 basis. These figures explain themselves, and it is unnecessary 

 here to go into the lack of discrimination which places a differ- 

 ence of only 5c per pound between porterhouse steak and stew. 

 The scale remains the same for the three, and the heaviest steer 

 brings the most money. But when we go a step further and look 

 into the cash value of the three carcasses as compared with their 

 live weights and dressed weights, we get a better idea of which 

 animal is the best, or rather which one puts the most money into 

 the producer's pocket. 



Table VI. 



steer No.O. Steer No. 7. Steer No. 4. 



Live Weight Coefficient 13.23*6 12.979 11.683 



Dressed Weiglit Coefficient 20.755 20.541 20.692 



The live weight coefficient is the cash value of the beef car- 



