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Feeds and Feeding. 



fatted as their competitors. Here is the first marked difference 

 between beef-bred and other cattle. 



573. Percentage of loose taHow to dressed weight. — At the 



Iowa Station,! Wilson and Gurtiss found a larger amount of fat 

 about the internal organs of steers of the dairy breeds than about 

 the viscera of animals of the beef breeds, as is shewn by the fol- 

 lowing table: 



Dressed weight of carcass and " loose '^ tallow of steers of various 

 breeds — Iowa Station. 



Breed. 



Average 

 dressed 

 weight. 



Loose 

 tallow. 



Per cent, of loose 

 taUow to beef. 



Short-hom, 

 Hereford.... 

 Red PoU.... 

 GaUoway... 



Angus 



Devon 



Swiss 



Hols tern.... 

 Jersey 



Lbs. 



1,092 

 1,022 



990 

 1,088 

 1,137 



815 

 1,017 



862 



880 



Lbs. 



145 



129 



125 



147 



156.5 



122.5 



119 



155 



165.5 



13.3 

 12.6 

 12.6 

 13.5 

 13.8 

 15.0 

 11.7 

 17.9 

 18.8 



The above table presents most important data. The Short-hom 

 steers dressing about 1,100 pounds yielded 145 pounds, or 13.3 

 per cent., of loose tallow. Jersey steers averaging 880 pounds 

 yielded over 165 pounds, or 18.8 per cent., of loose tallow. These 

 figures are corroborated by findings in the same direction at tiie 

 Michigan* and Missouri Stations. * Commenting on the character 

 of the carcasses of steers of the various breeds slaughtered at the 

 Michigan Station, Davenport wrote: "Note the excess of rough 

 tallow in Walton (a Holstein steer) as compared with the others. 

 Walton was 'all cow,' as the saying goes, and the fat about his 

 kidneys was astonishing." 



From these data we may conclude that there is a specific dif 

 ference between the beef and dairy breeds in the disposition of 

 fat in the body. It appears that the beef representatives, when 

 fattening, place a large portion of the fat between the muscular 

 fibers of the tissues. Steers of the dairy breeds, on the other 



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