Types and market classes of live stock . ked depth, and were very irregular and rough. Thedairy-type steers carried more kidney fat or suet; this is a cheapproduct which increases the dressing percentage, but reducesthe value of the carcass when excessive. Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 67 The answers to the questions asked at the beginning ofthe experiment are, therefore, as follows: 1. The gains frompounds of feed consumed are practically the same for both thebeef and dairy types. 2. The beef-type steer uses his gainsto slight advantage as compared with the dairy-type, placinga sligh
Types and market classes of live stock . ked depth, and were very irregular and rough. Thedairy-type steers carried more kidney fat or suet; this is a cheapproduct which increases the dressing percentage, but reducesthe value of the carcass when excessive. Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 67 The answers to the questions asked at the beginning ofthe experiment are, therefore, as follows: 1. The gains frompounds of feed consumed are practically the same for both thebeef and dairy types. 2. The beef-type steer uses his gainsto slight advantage as compared with the dairy-type, placinga slightly greater percentage of his gains in the valuable cuts. 3. The beef-type steer yields the greater profit to the feeder. 4. The dairy-type steer shows the greater amount of offal. 5. The dairy-type steer carries the higher percentage of tallow. 6. As regards the percentage of valuable cuts, there is very littledifference; if any, it is in favor of the beef-type steer. 7. Thebeef-type steer yields cuts that are heavier, thicker, usually. Fig. 12. Dairy-Type Steer. Holstein steer in the Iowa experiment. His flat ribs, ridgy hsLck, andangular appearance are characteristic of steers of dairy breeding. covered with whiter fat, nicer in marbling, and a little betterin color of muscle. There is no apparent difference in finenessof grain. 8. The low price paid for dairy steers may be duepartially to prejudice, and to the greater expense of carryingand selling the low-grade carcasses, but it is chiefly due to anactual inferiority in the carcasses. They are unsatisfactory tothe consumer, because they do not furnish thick and well-marbledcuts; they are unsatisfa,ctory to the butcher, because they fur-nish low-grade carcasses which are difficult to dispose of; and 68 Types and Market Classes qf Live Stock they are decidedly unsatisfactory to the feeder, because theyyield him little or no profit, and both breeder and feeder wastetheir time iii producing such a type of steer for beef purpos
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