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COLORADO EXPERIMENT STATION 



FAT, BONE AND LEAN MEAT IN A RIB CUT 



Rib roasts, comprising the 8th and Qth ribs and measuring 5 

 inches in width, were taken from the carcasses of the two steers. 



One steer, A, which had been fed both the winter he was a 

 yearling and the succeeding winter, was killed in April, weighing 

 1440 pounds. The other steer, B, which was fed only as a two-year- 

 old, was held until August after steer A had been killed, when he 

 reached the 1400 pound weight. 



The rib cuts taken were dissected with the following results : 



These figures show little difference between the steer which 

 had been fed two winters, and the one fed only one winter. What 

 difference there is shows more bone and lean meat in the animal 

 fattened rapidly at a later stage of life. There was practically no 

 difference in the appearance of the rib cuts from the two steers. 



