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BEEF PEODUCTiOxN 



as 1600 pounds. For the New York and Eastern holi- 

 day trade, the first ten days of December, especially 

 from the fifth to the eighth, is considered a favorable 

 time to market; for the Chicago city trade and nearby 

 cities and towns, from December 10 to 15. 



New York, Boston, ami some other Eastern cities use 

 more heavy good weight cattle than the Western cities. 

 They also use a good proportion of yearlings and light 

 weights, and the light and medium weight prime cattle 



Fig. 10. A high-class porterhouse steak. An expensive cut. 

 but gonrl 



seem to be getuiig more popular every year. It has been 

 intimated that the supply is not as large as it would he 

 if it were not a difficult matter to produce prime Christ- 

 mas bullocks. The accompanying illustrations will 

 give the reader an idea of the quality or grade demanded 

 by discriminating buyers of Christmas beef, the grade 

 of cattle which produce it, and lastly the kind of feeding 

 cattle it is necessary to select if one expects to achieve 

 success in the production of Christmas beef. 



Figure 9 shows a standing rib (from which are cut 

 prime of rib roasts). Here the distribution of fat and 

 lean is ideal, showing sufficient richness without much 

 waste. Figure 10, the porterhouse steak, is at best an 

 expensive cut, but where the fat is as abundant as 



