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The importance of the Shorthorn in grading or crossing, in spite 

 of what is brought out in the show-ring steer test, is most impor- 

 tant. No other breed thus far has done so much to improve beef 

 stock. Shorthorn bulls mated to grade cows have revolutionized 

 the character of the meat stock of the world. All over America 

 to-day herds of excellence may be found, animals graded up by 

 Shorthorn bulls. In the principal stockyards of America the 



FIG. 94. Shorthorn steer calf, second prize in 1918 at the Wisconsin Baby Beef 



Show. Fitted and shown by Josephine Herr, Lodi, Wisconsin. From photograph, 



by courtesy of American Shorthorn Breeders' Association, Chicago, Illinois 



blood of this breed predominates, and well-finished, high-grade 

 Shorthorn steers are always at a premium with the butcher. In 

 Scotland and England white Shorthorn bulls bred on Galloway or 

 Angus cows produce what are termed " blue grays," which, as steers, 

 meet with the highest market favor, being steel gray in color and 

 showing much quality and superior killing value. On the Western 

 range the Shorthorn has been a potent factor in improving the 

 common native stock. Within what is known as the corn belt, in 

 the Mississippi Valley, no other class of steers is so universal. 



