PROGRESSIVE BEEF CATTLE RAISING 



PART XII 



Hides and Byproducts 



Hides are divided into two great 

 The Market subclasses: packer hides and coun- 

 Classification try hides. Packer hides are taken off 

 of Hides uniformly, are cured and stored under 



standard conditions, and are usually 

 available in such numbers that purchasers may secure 

 several thousand of one grade of hide. Country hides, 

 on the other hand, are removed according to the idea of 

 each individual skinner, are often imperfectly cured and 

 stored, always show greater percentages of cuts and gashes, 

 and are never on the market in sufficiently uniform grades 

 to allow narrow selections of any number in a given grade. 

 Packer hides are divided into subclasses as follows : 



Steers. 



Natives , 



Branded. 



Specifications 



Spready Minimum width 6'6" 



Heavy Cured weight . .60 Ibs. up 



Light Cured weight . 



Extreme Light Cured weight . 



Butt branded Cured weight . 



Colorados (side branded)Cured weight . 



Heavy Texas Cured weight . 



Light Texas Cured weight . 



Extreme Light Texas. . .Cured weight. 



.60-60 Ibs. 

 .15-50 Ibs. 



. 50 Ibs. up 

 . 50 Ibs. up 

 .60 Ibs. up 

 . 50-60 Ibs. 

 .15-50 Ibs. 



Bulls. 



[Natives (Heavy Cured weight . . 55 Ibs. up 



QJ WS J \Light Cured weight . .15-5* Ibs. 



IBranded Cured weight ... .15 Ibs. up 



[Natives Cured weight ... .15 Ibs. up 



[Branded Cured weight ... .25 Ibs. up 



[Kips Cured weight 15-15 Ibs. 



Calves^ Packer calves Cured weight Under 15 Ibs. 



ISlunks Sold by the piece. 



The average weights of the different classes of hides 

 follow: Heavy native steers, 62-65 Ibs.; light natives, 

 54-55 Ibs.; extreme light natives, 40-45 Ibs.; butt branded 

 60-65 Ibs.; Colorados (side branded), 60-65 Ibs.; heavy 

 Texas, 63-65 Ibs.; light Texas, 55-56 Ibs.; extreme light 

 Texas, 40-45 Ibs. ; heavy native cows, 60* Ibs. ; light native 



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