. Manual of farm animals; a practical guide to the choosing, breeding, and keep of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine. Animal industry; Horses; Cattle; Sheep; Swine. 294 MANUAL OF FARM ANIMALS. Fig. 92. — A Steer that made ex- ceedingly Large Gains for a Six Months' Feeding Period. meat to warrant his paying a high price for the cattle he kills; hence he usually purchases plain butcher cattle. As a rule, the local slaughter houses are not equipped to handle heavy cattle; the cuts of meat are usually retailed in small amounts; therefore, the local butcher demands a rather small animal, weighing f
. Manual of farm animals; a practical guide to the choosing, breeding, and keep of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine. Animal industry; Horses; Cattle; Sheep; Swine. 294 MANUAL OF FARM ANIMALS. Fig. 92. — A Steer that made ex- ceedingly Large Gains for a Six Months' Feeding Period. meat to warrant his paying a high price for the cattle he kills; hence he usually purchases plain butcher cattle. As a rule, the local slaughter houses are not equipped to handle heavy cattle; the cuts of meat are usually retailed in small amounts; therefore, the local butcher demands a rather small animal, weighing from 600 to 1000 pounds. The local butcher cannot pay for high finish. Thick fat cattle carry too much waste. Grass- fat cattle can be made to carry sufficient flesh for the local butcher. While no con- sumer, rich or poor, wishes to pay for waste fat, yet highest quality of beef is impossible without considerable quantities of such waste. There is, however, no demand in the local market for beef carrying waste fat, no matter how excellent its quality. From the foregoing it is apparent that the cattle feeder who plans to feed cattle for the local market and make a profit should procure heifers, young cows, or low-grade steers as his feeding stock, since such cattle can be purchased at a low price. These cattle must be fattened as economically as possible, largely on dry forage or on pasture, and then sold before they become too fat to meet the demands of the local market. This class of butcher cattle can be very profitably produced on farms lying east, south, and west of the corn-belt. Perhaps the greatest handicap to profitable beef production in these regions is lack of suitable pasture land. That much of the land in these regions can be made to grow pastures suitable for the profitable production of this grade of beef no longer admits of doubt (page 286).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabil
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