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over, i.e., No. 177, a Welsh steer, 2 Ib. 0*21 oz., and No. 66, a Shorthorn, 

 first and third cup winner, 2 Ib. The best daily gain in the carcass 

 classes alive was, as in the young steer class, made by a South Devon, 

 No. 601, 2 Ib. 243 oz. The best average daily gain of carcass weight 

 was for the butchers' reports 1 Ib. 6 - 56 oz., given by the Hereford steer, 

 No. 40, being closely followed by the Shorthorn steer, No. 66, whose 

 carcase weight worked out at 1 Ib. 6 - 04 oz. per day. In the carcass class 

 the South Devon, No. 601, was clear ahead of all competitors. Its 

 average daily gain of carcass weight came out at 1 Ib. 5*98 oz., the 

 nearest approach to which was 1 Ib. 1*41 oz. given by a Galloway steer, 

 No. 610. 



" Eleven heifers under three years of age made up this class in the 

 carcass competition, the aggregate age of which was 9,587 days, giving 

 an aggregate weight of 13,094 Ib. alive, and 8,436 Ib. in the carcass, 

 from which it is ascertained that the percentage of carcass to live weight 

 was 64'42 per cent., the average daily gain alive 1 Ib. 5'85 oz., and 14*07 

 oz. in the carcass. The butchers' returns give particulars of twenty 

 heifers, the aggregate age of which was 19,603 days, showing a live 

 weight of 27,601 Ib., with a carcass weight of 18,666 Ib., which equals a 

 percentage of 67'62 per cent, of carcass weight to live weight. The 

 average daily gain alive was 1 Ib. 6'50 oz., and carcass daily gain 

 15-22 oz. 



" Compared with the corresponding class in the carcass competition in 

 each of the particulars referred to in the previous sentence the advantage 

 was with those animals which were not fed expressly for slaughter, and 

 the information given by this comparison indicates that these animals 

 showed that just 3 per cent, of their carcass weight over live weight, 

 about one ounce of the daily gain alive and also in the carcass was in 

 excess of those animals fed expressly for the carcass competition. The 

 highest percentage of carcass weight in the butchers' reports was 71'14 

 for the first prize Dexter, No. 261, and in the carcass class 6819 for the 

 third prize Galloway Aberdeen- Angus cross No. 619. The best daily 

 gains in the butchers' reports were alive 1 Ib. 1T23 for the Eed Poll 

 second prize, No. 112, and in the carcass 1 Ib. 3'70 oz. for the cross-bred 

 Polled, No. 241. The corresponding figures for the carcass competition 

 were both given by the Shorthorn Aberdeen-Angus cross, No. 621, and 

 were as follows : 1 Ib. 14'92 oz. alive, and 1 Ib. T47 oz. in the carcass." 



The following is an abridged table giving the results returned by 

 butchers who purchased some of the live cattle from the Smithfield 

 Club Show of 1907, referred to in the article quoted above. We are 

 not able to find space for a reproduction of the tabulated results of the 

 Carcass Competition with which the butchers' returns are compared. 

 We give also the corresponding table for some of the sheep purchased 

 from the classes of live animals : 



