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fat content of the 

 body alone, as in the 

 case of the thin but 

 mature steer, or a 

 growth of bone and 

 muscle tissue in ad- 

 dition to the deposi- 

 tion of fat, as takes 

 place in the imma- 

 ture feeder. Natural 

 6 flesh is something 

 8 . with which calves are 

 endowed at birth 

 and no amount or 

 & character of feeding 

 will result in excess 

 of that endowment. 

 Natural flesh is there- 

 s fore a most im'por- 



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tant possession of 

 | the feeder steer. It 

 is as impossible to 

 o feed muscle into a 

 beef steer as to feed 

 butter fat into the 

 milk of a dairy cow. 

 Furnished an ample 

 and proper ration, 

 they will grow to 

 the limit of their 

 natural endowment, 

 but that is all. Fat, 

 on the other hand, 



