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intended for the eastern and southern trade and 

 export steers or foreign steers and dressed beef 

 cattle which are bought chiefly by the large 

 packers of Chicago and other beef centers. In 

 the same class baby beef, distillers and Texas 

 cattle are considered as distinct sections. They 

 really belong, however, in the market class of beef 

 cattle. Baby beef is the term usually applied 

 to steers weighing from 800 to 1,000 pounds 

 and between one and two years of age. Dis- 

 tillers is the term used to refer to cattle fed on 

 the by-products of distilleries. The term arose 

 from the fact that at first only poor grades of 

 cattle were fed on these by-products. Recently, 

 however, much better classes of cattle have 

 been used for this purpose, chiefly because it 

 has been found that cattle fed on distillers' grains 

 and other by-products carry an unusually small 

 amount of offal and a very high percentage of 

 dressed beef. 



Texas and Western range cattle is a term which 

 requires no explanation since it refers to all western 

 branded cattle in fairly good condition and finish, 

 according to the method of feeding which prevails 

 throughout the range country. These cattle are 

 usually purchased as feeders, brought to the corn 

 belt and put into a finished market condition by 

 means of corn and other grains. 



Butcher Stock. This class is made up of the 

 culls of beef cattle. However clever the feeder 

 may be, it is well known that in selecting his stock 

 some of the animals will fail to develop the best 

 market condition or in other ways will not utilize 

 the feed to the best advantage. Such animals are 

 thinner than they ought to be and the fat is not as 

 well distributed as in high-grade beef animals. 



