CHAPTER XXIII 

 SOME FACTORS INFLUENCING BEEF PRODUCTION 



The person breeding and feeding beef cattle finds it 

 necessary to consider a number of things which are factors 

 in problems of management as well as feeding. Some of 

 these are herewith considered in this chapter. 



Figure 102. An excellent type of Shorthorn steer. Photograph by the author. 



The influence of type in beef production is manifest in 

 several ways. Prime steers, representing the blockiest and 

 best killing type of beef cattle, are especially valued for the 

 high percentage of the more choice cuts, for the quality of 

 the meat, and the superior dressing out of the carcass. Cattle 

 of this type do not, however, necessarily show greater gains 

 in weight from a given quantity of food than do inferior 

 steers on the same ration. One may expect to sell the bet- 



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