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12. Approximately what percentage of the live steer is edible? What 
percentage of the dressed carcass is edible ? 
13. Compare the economic food-production of beef and dairy cattle. 
Find out the exact amount of food consumed, and the exact amount of 
milk produced by a good cow for one year. Calculate the amount of 
milk produced for each 100 pounds of food consumed. From some beef- 
feeding experiment, calculate the number of pounds gained by the animal 
for each 100 pounds of food consumed. Which produces human food 
more economically, the dairy cow or the beef animal ? 
14. On the basis of food consumed, at what price per pound must beef 
retail in order to be as remunerative as milk retailing at five cents per 
quart? Has this a bearing upon the increasing popularity of the dairy 
cow and the decreasing popularity of the beef animal ? 
‘15. Wherein has the beef animal the advantage of the dairy cow? In 
what particular sections of the country is beef production likely to 
remain a profitable industry? Explain. 
