HIST Oil Y OF HEEEFOKD CATTLE 



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The dressed carcasses to remain the property 

 of the exhibitor. Bullock dressing the largest 

 percentage of meat in proportion to the live 

 weight, $50. 



This is perhaps enough to say on this sub- 

 ject here, as we have treated the subject else- 

 where, but there are some few points of com- 

 parison that the report does not bring out. The 



Premium : $50, to grade Hereford steer Bar- 

 ney, exhibited by T. L. Miller of Beecher, Will 

 County, Illinois. 



steers being of the same age, the Hereford had 

 made 1.56 Ibs. per day. The Shorthorn had 

 made 1.41 Ibs. per day, a difference of .15 in 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE. 



The superintendent of the Cattle Department 

 made up on all classes a report of the reasons 

 as given by the committee for their judgment. 

 And such a report was commenced on this class 

 and started off by stating the Hereford steer to 

 be the oldest by three or four months. We have 

 sought from the records of the society a copy of 

 his report on dressed steers, but are informed 

 that no report was filed. 



Learning of his claim, or that of the com- 

 mittee as to age, the Hereford men called the 

 superintendent's attention to the heads of the 

 two steers, which hung near by. The Shorthorn 

 with a full four-year-old mouth and the Here- 

 ford with a three-year-old mouth. 



To explain more satisfactorily as to the ages 

 by the teeth, we had engravings made of a three 

 and four-year-old mouth. (^ 126) 



It will be perceived that the three-year-old 

 shows for the corner teeth the two calf-teeth; 

 these were gone in the Hereford steer, one of 

 the cavities still empty, and the other showed 

 the new tooth just above the gum. 



The four-year-old teeth represent the mouth 

 of the Shorthorn (Drake) that was dressed. 



favor of the Hereford. The reader, from the 

 teeth statement, may add to this as per his judg- 

 ment. 



The Hereford head, paunch, stomach, etc., 

 weighed 362 pounds. 



The Shorthorn head, paunch, stomach, etc., 

 weighed 371 pounds, or, for the Hereford 18.4 

 per cent; for the Shorthorn 20.8 per cent. The 

 Shorthorn 2.4 per cent more waste offal than 

 the Hereford. 



The Hereford shows hide and tallow, 284 

 pounds; the Shorthorn shows hide and tallow, 

 245 pounds, giving the Hereford 14.46 per cent 

 valuable offal and the Shorthorn 13.65 per cent 

 valuable offal, being .81 per cent more for the 

 Hereford; and of net to gross weight 1.36 per 

 cent in favor of the Hereford. 



Thus, in every point of comparison the Here- 

 ford shows the best record. 



The reader must not forget that the Hereford 

 was one of eight three-year-olds, and that 

 five of the eight were selected to show in St. 

 Louis in October and contracted then to 

 be delivered in December. It was intended 

 to take the best five, and hence five of the 



