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further feeding and fattening. Another class, called butcher 

 stock, consists of fat cows and heifers. Then there are 

 various other classes of stock, such as calves, butcher hogs, 

 Western lambs, feeding sheep, etc., all of which are included 

 in the different types described. 



The market grades of live stock are also important. Each 

 class is divided into different grades. Beginning with the 



Fig. 63. A type of beef cattle. King Ellsworth, grand-champion steer, 

 1909 International Live Stock Exposition. Photograph by courtesy The 

 Farmer. 



best and grading toward the poorest, these grades with meat 

 stock in general, in each class, are as follows : prime, choice, 

 good, medium, common, inferior. Some other terms are 

 often used, such as extra prime, good to medium, etc. These 

 words or terms of course are used to express the relative 

 values of animals of the same general class. A prime steer, 

 for example, is one with the largest amount of high-priced 

 meat that the butcher thinks will cut out to the best ad van- 



