. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . -ity, occupying the middle of the animal, should beroomy. A steer, slender and tucked up in body, is un-able to utilize a large amount of feed and thereforecannot make heavy gains. There should be not onlygood depth and breadth of body in the abdominalregion, but this breadth and depth should extend for-ward to include the chest cavity. (2) A lack ofwidth through the chest would indicate that the vitalorgans, including lungs and heart, are restricted indevelopment. An animal having poor chest develop-ment is invariably a slow feeder. This see
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . -ity, occupying the middle of the animal, should beroomy. A steer, slender and tucked up in body, is un-able to utilize a large amount of feed and thereforecannot make heavy gains. There should be not onlygood depth and breadth of body in the abdominalregion, but this breadth and depth should extend for-ward to include the chest cavity. (2) A lack ofwidth through the chest would indicate that the vitalorgans, including lungs and heart, are restricted indevelopment. An animal having poor chest develop-ment is invariably a slow feeder. This seems reason-able in view of the fact that the lungs and heart playso important a part in purifying the blood and for-cing it to circulate throughout the entire blood being the medium which carries off worn-out tissue and replaces it with fresh matter takenfrom the digestive tract, is a most important factorin digestion and assimilation. If there is a lack oflung development—indicated by narrow chest, slen- 122 .PROFITABLE STOCK Good feeder but poor butchers type. Grade Angus steer ; age, twoyears, tea months ; weight, 1, lbs. A remarkable Indicated by a powerful chest and large abdomen, but a poorkiller because of too much forequarter, excessive plates andgobby fat. This steer was the heaviest of a lot of twelve choiceAngus steers, but his carcass was valued at $1 per cwt. belowthe others.
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