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Baby Beef. 



79 



Year. 



Age. 



Live- 

 weight. 



1 Per - 



Weight of centage of 

 , Dressed Carcass 

 Carcass. ; to Live- 

 weight. 



1 



Price 

 realised 

 at Sale. 



Price 

 realised 

 per month 

 of life. 



1904 



1905 



1907 



Yrs. m. d. 

 I O O 

 I O 14 

 I I 20 



Cut. qr. lb. 

 9 0 2 

 906 



II 2 12 



Cwt. qr. lb. 



5 1 6 

 4 3 0 

 704 



58-8 



52'5 

 60 -6 



£ s. d. 

 2100 

 1800 

 22 IO O 



£ si d. 

 1 15 0 

 1 8 10 

 1 12 11 



Average of\ 

 youngest J 



I I 20 



9 2 25 



5 2 16 



58-0 



20 17 O 



I 10 7 



>9°4 



1905 



1907 



1908 



i 8 13 



1 5 0 

 i 9 4 

 1 9 14 



II I l6 



10 3 16 

 9 2 13 



11 3 18 



7 1 2 



6 3 8 

 5 1 26 

 706 



64-6 

 62-6 

 57-o 

 59' 2 



26 O O 

 24 IO 0 

 2IOO 

 28 IO O 



1 5 5 

 1 8 10 



0 19 1 1 



1 6 7 



Average of) 

 oldest / 



1 8 0 



10 3 23 



6 2 17 



607 



25 0 0 



1 5 0 



It will be noticed that in the case of animals whose average 

 age is just over 13 months, the return per month is 55. yd. 

 more than in the case of beasts just 20 months old. 



It is interesting to express the Smithfield figures already 

 quoted in pounds, shillings, and pence. Unfortunately the 

 selling price is not available, so that the amount realised per 

 stone has to be estimated, but it may be assumed for the 

 purposes of comparison that all the cattle were sold at 8s. 

 per stone of 14 lb. carcass weight. 



In the case of the yearlings, i.e., beasts slaughtered at 

 about 22 months old, for twelve months' keep we get 

 34J stones' worth at 8s. = ^13 6s. The two-year-olds, i.e., 

 animals that lived 1 1 months longer, gave an increase of 

 21 stone, so that for about another year's feeding we should 

 receive £g 3s. Going a step further, we find that the three- 

 year-old for a further 11 months' feeding gives an increase 

 of 12 stone. This is at the rate of under ^'5 5s. for the last 

 12 months' feeding. 



The following table sets out the facts more clearly : — 



Age of Beasts. 



Percentage of 

 Dead to Live- 

 weight. 



Carcass Weight. 



Value of Meat. 



Increase of value for 

 last twelve months 

 (calculated). 



Months. 





Stone. 



£ s. d. 



£ s. d. 



22 



66-o 



63 



25 4 0 



'3 15 0 



33 



67-5 



84 



33 12 0 



9 3 0 



44 



68-2 



96 



38 8 0 



5 5 0 



O 2 



