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fat content of the 

 body alone, as in the 

 case of the thin but 

 mature steer, or a 

 growth of bone and 

 muscle tissue in ad- 

 dition to the deposi- 

 tion of fat, as takes 

 place in the imma- 

 ture feeder. Natural 

 '■6 flesh is something 

 ■2 with which calves are 

 ° endowed at birth 

 ^ and no amount or 

 a character of feeding 

 § will result in excess 

 ^ of that endowment. 



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■g Natural flesh is there- 

 's fore a most impor- 

 ^ tant possession of 

 I the feeder steer. It 

 g is as impossible to 

 6 feed muscle into a 

 ^ beef steer as to feed 

 butter fat into the 

 milk of a dairy cow. 

 Furnished an ample 

 and proper ration, 

 they will grow to 

 the limit of their 

 natural endowment, 

 but that is all. Fat, 

 on the other hand, 



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