118 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 



1. Feeding increases the value of the steer. 



(a) Adds weight to the animal. 



(b) Improves the form and appearance. 



(c) Increases the dressing percentage. 



(d) Covers the carcass with fat so that it may be held in the 

 cooler long enough to ripen. 



(e) The marbling expands the lean meat, making the steer 

 thicker in all his cuts. 



(f) Makes the beef more tender and juicy. 



(g) Fat beef cooks much better than lean beef. 

 (h) Fat meat is more nutritious than lean meat. 



2. Utilizes as feed much that would otherwise be waste on the 

 farm. 



3. Gives employment to labor when other farm work is slack. 



4. Makes easily possible the maintenance and improvement of 

 soil fertility. 



5. Cattle feeding, properly managed, is a profitable enterprise. 



