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but never develop any capacity to fatten. Rapid fatten- 

 ing, like early maturity, means prompt returns and gener- 

 ous margins. 



189. Dressing percentage expresses that proportion of 

 the live animal which is hung up after being killed and 



FIG. 87. The block type. This steer dressed the International Grand 

 Champion carcass. 



dressed. The difference between the live weight and the 

 dressed weight represents the offal and a slight shrinkage 

 in chilling. 



190. Quality in meat. So far as the consumer is 

 concerned quality consists of such a fine, delicate texture 

 of the meat as will insure easy mastication, toughness 

 being most suggestive of low quality to the majority of 



