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them, indicating that no matter how judiciously they 

 may be handled it will be the exceptional steer among 

 them that will develop into anything better than a 

 medium or possibly a good bullock. It is seldom 

 good practice to finish this grade of feeders. (By 

 finish we mean thick fat, such as is required in 

 prime steers.) 



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Fig. 5. Common Feeder. 



COMMON FEEDERS 



A common feeder is decidedly deficient in quality. 

 When the word common is correctly applied to a grade 

 of cattle the reader should at once know that that grade 

 of cattle is noticeably deficient in quality; it usually 

 also indicates a lack of desirable conformation and flesh. 

 In speaking of feeders it indicates that such feeders are 

 common in quality, common in conformation, and com- 

 mon in condition. Like medium feeders, it seldom 

 pays to attempt to finish them. 



