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but never develop any capacity to fatten. Rapid fatten- 

 ing, like early maturity, means prompt returns and gener- 

 ous margins. 



189. Dressing percentage expresses that proportion of 

 the live animal which is hung up after being killed and 



Fig. 87. - 



- The block type. This steer dressed the International Grand 

 Champion carcass. 



dressed. The difference between the live weight and the 

 dressed weight represents the offal and a shght shrinkage 

 in chilling. 



190. Quality in meat. — So far as the consumer is 

 concerned quality consists of such a fine, delicate texture 

 of the meat as will insure easy mastication, toughness 

 being most suggestive of low quality to the majority of 



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