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Feeds and Feeding. 



fatted as their competitors. Here is the first marked dlfferenc© 

 between beef-bred and other cattle. 



573. Percentage of loose tallow to dressed weight. — At the 



Iowa Station/ Wilson and Curtiss fonnd a larger o nount of fat 

 about the internal organs of steers of the dairy breeds than about 

 the viscera of animaJs of the beef breeds, as is shown by the fol- 

 lowing table: 



Dressed weight of carcass and ' ^ loose '^ tallow of steers of various 

 breeds — Iowa Station. 



Breed. 



Per cent, of loose 

 tallow to beef. 



8hort-hom, 

 Hereford.... 

 Red PoU.... 

 Galloway... 

 Angus....... 



Devon 



Swiss 



Holstein.... 

 Jersey 



13.3 

 12.6 

 12.6 

 13.5 

 13.8 

 15.0 

 11.7 

 17.9 

 18.8 



The above table presents most important data. The Short- horn 

 steers dressing about 1,100 pounds yielded 145 pounds, or 13.3 

 per cent., of loose tallow. Jersey steers averaging 880 pounds 

 yielded over 165 pounds, or 18.8 per cent. , of loose tallow. These 

 figures are corroborated by findings in the same direction at the 

 Michigan 2 and Missouri Stations. ^ Commenting on the character 

 of the carcasses of steers of the various breeds slaughtered at the 

 Michigan Station, Davenport wrote: ''Note the excess of rough 

 tallow in Walton (a Holstein steer) as compared with the others. 

 Walton was ' all cow, ' as the saying goes, and the fat about his 

 kidneys was astonishing." 



From these data we may conclude that there is a specific dif 

 ference between the beef and dairy breeds in the disposition of 

 fat in the body. It appears that the beef representatives, when 

 fattening, place a large portion of the fat between the muscular 

 fibers of the tissues. Steers of the dairy breeds, on the other 



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