290 HOUSE-FEEDING OF CATTLE 



medium, or in prime condition. The answer should be the 

 weight of the dressed carcase in imperial stones. 



The Author's attention has been called to an ingenious 

 little instrument, a " Live Stock Computer," patented by G. 

 H. Meire, Eyton-on-Severn, Shrewsbury, which gives at sight 

 the values of animals: (i) by comparison; (2) at a live- 

 weight price ; and (3) at carcase price. 



The Hereford-Shorthorn, "Roan Boy," the winner of 

 the championship at the American Fat-stock Show of 1883, 

 was an Illinois steer, sired by a Hereford, and out of a roan 

 half Shorthorn and half native cow. He weighed 2125 Ibs. 

 when 1414 days old, equivalent to a growth from birth of 1.59 

 Ibs. per day. On the day of slaughter his live-weight was 

 2100 Ibs., and dressed weight 1450 Ibs., or 69-05 per cent. net. 

 " He was a steer," said the awarding committee, " that very 

 nearly approached the highest standard of perfection as a 

 butcher's bullock ; compact, blocky, evenly and heavily 

 quartered, and thickly covered in the best parts with firm, 

 mellow, well-marbled meat of the best quality." 



The great function of live stock on a farm is not the 

 making of so much profit on so many stones of beef for this, 

 unless side-issues and secondary advantages are estimated, 

 is frequently absent but (a) the formation of a home 

 demand for crude, bulky, and unmarketable farm pro- 

 duce, and () the making of farmyard manure to maintain 

 the fertility of the land. 



Lithoderm is a comparatively new waterproofing material, 

 invented by J. Wilson Dougal, Linlithgow, which is destined 

 to supersede the common linseed-oil and white-lead paint, for 

 inside as well as outside work on the farm. Put on like paint, 

 it presents a surface little altered in appearance or colour, 

 upon which moisture does not settle ; is equally effective on 

 sandstone, cement, wood, or metal, for purposes of preserva- 

 tion and disinfection. A gallon costing 6s. 6d. is capable of 

 giving one coat to 60 to 70 square yards. The sole agents 

 are The Scottish Economic Agency, 100 Princes Street, 

 Edinburgh. 



