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FEEDS AND FEEDING 



Age, weight and daily gain from birth of steers slaughtered at the 

 Smithfield, England, Fat-Stock Show, 1895-1914 



In the " average daily gain' 7 here given is included in all instances 

 the birth weight of the steer. The table well shows that the daily gain 

 of the highly-fed steer decreases as the animal becomes more mature. 

 The records of the slaughter tests at the Show from 1889 to 1895 show 

 that with steers equally well finished, the more mature the animal, the 

 higher is the percentage of dressed carcass yielded. The average dressing 

 percentage of the 3-year-olds was 68.2 per ct. and of the yearlings 65.6 

 per ct. 



III. MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS IN BEEF PRODUCTION 



727. Shelter. Trials at several stations in this country 32 as well as 

 experiments in Great Britain, 33 in which steers have been fattened in 

 open sheds with adjacent yards in comparison with others housed in 

 barns, show that the fattening steer, consuming an abundant ration, a 

 considerable portion of which is roughage, has no need for warm winter 

 quarters. With such animals sufficient heat is produced in the body thru 



^Trials at Alabama, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, 

 Texas, and Utah Stations. Partially reviewed by Armsby, U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. 

 Anim. Indus., Bui. 108. See also Penn. Rpt. 1906 and Buls. 88, 102; Ala. Bui. 163; 

 Mo. Bui. 76. 



^Summarized by Ingle, Trans. Highl. and Agr. Soc. Scotland, 1909. 



