. Types and market classes of live stock. a lower price. It pays tomarket all sheep in clean condition. Choice lambs.—This grade includes most of the betterlamb offerings upon the Chicago market. Lambs cannot bevery deficient in form, quality, fatness, or weight, and gradeas choice. Deficiency in quality or in weight frequently ac-counts for failure to grade as prime, but lack of condition isthe most common cause. Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 187 Good lambs.—Marked deficiency in form, quality, condi-tion, or weight, or a slight deficiency in each, puts the lambinto the good grade. La
. Types and market classes of live stock. a lower price. It pays tomarket all sheep in clean condition. Choice lambs.—This grade includes most of the betterlamb offerings upon the Chicago market. Lambs cannot bevery deficient in form, quality, fatness, or weight, and gradeas choice. Deficiency in quality or in weight frequently ac-counts for failure to grade as prime, but lack of condition isthe most common cause. Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 187 Good lambs.—Marked deficiency in form, quality, condi-tion, or weight, or a slight deficiency in each, puts the lambinto the good grade. Lack of quality and lack of conditionare the most frequent causes of failure to grade higher thangood. Medium Iambs.—Here the form is frequently faulty, andthe condition and quality fall far below the standard. Long,narrow, rough lambs much lacking in flesh grade here. Theyare often paunchy. Western lambs answering to this descrip-tion classify as feeders unless they are very coarse, hence thisgrade is mostly filled by native Fig. 45. Good Lambs. Common or cull lambs.—Coarse, ill-shaped, thin lambs^rade as common or culls. With one exception they are verylight in weight, ranging from 30 to 50 pounds. The exceptionis found in the case of coarse, bucky lambs, the result oftoo late castration. The development of sex explains theircoarseness and heavy weight, as they are heavier than thebulk of common lambs, sometimes weighing as much as 100pounds. Growers should castrate their ram lambs a few daysafter they are born. Common lambs are mostly lack of flesh is often due to infestation by internalparasites. Yearlings.—Yearlings are used as a substitute for lambsdn the meat trade. The ability to substitute for lamb depends 188 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock upon weight, quality, condition, and immaturity; for thenearer the yearhng approaches the prime lamb in these re-spects, the better he fulfills his function. An index greatlydepended upon for id
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