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When such a load of high grade beef steers are put in the feed 

 lot and properly fed, the result will be a more rapid and a cheaper 

 gain, a quicker finish, a greater increase in value per hundred, a 

 higher dressing percentage, a greater proportion of high priced cuts, 

 a better quality of meat, less loose fat and a higher price when 

 sold, than if a mixed lot of scrubs were fed. 



No. 11. High grade Herefords showing uniformity in type, condition and 

 color due to the use of pure bred sires. 



Uniformity can only be secured in producing feeders by se- 

 lecting and sticking to one breed through a series of years, placing 

 especial emphasis on individual excellence, and by the use of pure 

 bred and registered bulls of good conformation, on cows which pos- 

 sess at least a fair degree of beef type.* There are four or five 

 leading breeds of pure bred beef cattle, all of which are bred with 

 the same end in view, viz., to produce early maturing animals that 

 have the constitution and capacity to stand heavy feeding and that 

 are capable of making rapid and economical gains, finishing quickly, 

 and when fat, yielding the highest grade of beef. In addition to 

 these points, there are a number of breed characteristics which are 

 of value in a breeding herd but of minor importance in the feed lot. 

 The greatest improvement in cattle in any community has only 

 been secured by the use of pure bred beef bulls. A sire should get 

 30 calves per year for at least five years. If the value of his calves 



*Circular No. 8, "Purchasing Feeders." 



