DUAL PURPOSE CATTLE 69 



secretarial duties have, on the second day of the December Show, 

 offered much of the stock for sale by public auction. A condition 

 of the sale for more than 25 years has required the purchaser to re- 

 port to the secretary the weight of the dressed carcase, and with 

 this detail available there has accumulated in the annual reports 

 much valuable material expressive of the butchers' point of view. 

 The following notes give the highest prices per stone of 14 Ib. of 

 dressed carcase: 



1906 Sale: Red Polled 15 m. steer, live weight 1,255 Ib., carcase 

 746 Ib., 53.78 per cent, 9- per st.; 23 m., 1,430 Ib., 822 Ib., 56.86 per 

 cent, 9-10 V 2 per st. Shorthorn, 20 m., 1,164 Ib., 696 Ib., 59.79 per 

 cent, 9-10% per st.; prize pair, 1,428 Ib., 878 Ib., 61.48 per cent, 9- 

 6% per st., and 1,357 Ib., 826 Ib., 60.86 per cent, 9-5% per st.; 33 m., 

 1,748 Ib., 1,132 Ib., 64.75 per cent 8-7% per st. Scot, 1,434 Ib., 906 

 Ib., 62.74 per cent, 9-3^4 per st.; 22m., 1,240 Ib., 806 Ib., 64.36 per 

 cent, 9-2% per st. Cross-bred, 14% m., 1,072 Ib., 650 Ib., 60.63 per 

 cent, 10-1% per st. 35 m. Angus-Shorthorn, 1,690 Ib., 1,042 Ib., 

 65.29 per cent, 9-3 per st. 



1908 Sale: Red Polled 21 m.. heifer, 1,161 Ib., 906 Ib., 58.82 per 

 cent, 10-2% per st.; 23 m. 17 d. heifer, 1,265 Ib., 738 Ib., 58.33 per 

 cent, 10-2% per st.; 23% m. steer, 1,334 Ib., 790 Ib., 59.62 per cent, 

 10-1 per st.; 13 head sold lowest price per st., 8-8. Shorthorn, 23 

 m. steer, 1,524 Ib., 939 Ib., 61.61 per cent, 9-10 per st.; 24% m., 1,624 

 Ib., 981 Ib., 60.40 per cent, 9-3% per st.; 31 m., 1,629 Ib., 57.94 per 

 cent, 9-5% per st.; 14 head sold lowest price per st., 8-1%. Short- 

 horn-Angus, 21 m., 4 d., heifer, 1,215 Ib., 790 Ib., 65.02 per cent, 

 9-8% per st.; 35 m. blue grey heifer, 1,652 Ib., 1,116 Ib., 71.81 per 

 cent, 7-7% per st. 



At the 1909 sale there were 10 Red Polled, a steer and 3 heifers 

 from registered stock. The 22m. heifer weighed 1,620 Ib., carcase 

 572 Ib., 64.33 per cent, 10-1% per st. The other heifers: 30% m., 

 1,342 Ib., 868 Ib., 64.20 per cent, 9-6% per st.; 38 m., 1,605 Ib., 1,076 

 Ib., 67.04 per cent, 8-7 per stone. The steer, 35 m., 1,792 Ib., 1,138 

 Ib., 64.06 per cent, 9-4% per st. Another steer, "under 2 yrs.," 1,076 

 Ib., 642 Ib., 59.66 per cent, 10-0% per st. Lowest price of steers, 

 9-0^4. Of 10 steers and 2 heifers, Shorthorn, 22 m. steer cup winner, 

 1,220 Ib., 786 Ib., 64.42 per cent, 10-3% per st. Two others same age 

 realized respectively 10-7% and 9-11 %, while two 16 m. old made 10- 

 and 9-5%. Of the 34 m. heifers, one had a percentage 64.15, and 

 realized 8-6% per st., the other 64.70, and realized 8-4%. Two 

 "Black Polled Scot" steers were sold: 35% m., 1,788 Ib., 1,081 Ib., 

 60.45 per cent, 10-8% per st.; the other, 39 m., 1,548 Ib., 944 Ib., 

 60.90 per cent, 10-4% per st. Three Aberdeen- Angus, weighing from 

 1,549 Ib. to 1,576 Ib., carcase 1,032 Ib. to 1,016 Ib., realized from 

 8-11% to 8-8 per st. A Hereford 20 m. heifer gave 65.05 per cent, 

 and realized 9-9 per stone. From 10-2% to 9-10% were the price per 

 st. realized by young blue greys. 



In 1910 Red Polled realized from 9-10% to 7-10^4 per st. Short- 

 horns from 9-8 to 7-7% per st. Black Polled 8-9% and 8-4% per st., 

 by 3-yr.-old steers. Angus- Shorthorn steers, 26 m., 10-0% and 9-8 

 per stone. 



At the 1912 sale all the 12 Red Polled were from registered 

 stock. 18% m. steer, 1,034 Ib., 616 Ib., 59.45 per cent, 11-1% per 

 St.; 18% m., 60.43 per cent, 10-7% per st.; 22% m., 58.78 per cent, 

 10-10 & per st.; 22% m., 62.77 per cent. 10-2% per st.; lowest price 

 given, for a 30% m. steer, 64.62 per cent, 8-7% per st. Three heif- 

 ers' percentages, ranging from 68.15 to 58.63, realized from 9-7 by 



