204 AGRICULTURE. 



DIAGRAMS OF CUTS OF MEAT. 



Diagram I. A Good Steer's Carcass, as Cut Up and Priced in the 

 Eastern M.uket. 



A good 1200-pound steer will dress about 800 pounds of 

 beef cut up as above — 715 pounds salable cuts, with 85 

 pounds of fat, bone, and waste. 



The diagram illustrates what the breeder and feeder 

 should aim to produce in the conformation of the beef- and 

 mutton-producing animal, so that the highest possible per 

 centage of the carcass will be cuts of the high-priced class. 

 thereby giving the best possible return for food consumed. 

 (McKerrow.) 



The methods of dividing up the carcasses of slaughtered 

 animals into parts, and the terms used for the "cuts," as 

 these parts are commonly called, vary considerably in dif- 

 ferent localities. The accompanying diagrams will make 

 clear the terms used in the table Composition of Human 

 Foods (pp. 197-199). 



