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TYPES AND MARKET CLASSES OF LIVE STOCK 



not measured by the scales The matter at issue may 



be illustrated by a condition in the fruit world: No orchardist 

 will hold that the Baldwin apple tree necessarily grows faster 

 than the seedling apple tree, or that it will make wood and fruit 

 on less material from soil and air. Neither will he hold that 

 Baldwin trees necessarily yield more barrels of fruit than seed- 

 lings, nor that a given measure of Baldwin apples contains more 

 juice or human food than the same measure of common seedling 



Fig. 14. Carcasses of Beef and Dairy Calves. 



Back view of carcasses shown in Fig. 13. Beef calf on left, dairy calf 

 on right. Note the rounds, rumps, loins, backs, shoulders, and necks. The 

 marked difference in the muscling inherited by these two calves is plainly 

 evident. 



apples. Fruit growers do rightfully assert, however, that the 

 market wants Baldwin apples and will pay more for them than 

 for common seedling fruit, and that from this judgment of the 

 market, be it reasonable or unreasonable, there is no appeal. 

 Beef cattle have been bred for meat production it would be 

 passing strange if they did not excel for that purpose." 



