. Types and market classes of live stock. t demands in cattle. The champions of early days were big,matured steers. In 1891, the Chicago Fat Stock Show elimi-nated classes for three-year-old cattle; that date marked theturning point toward what has since become known as babybeef. The tendency is more and more toward the finishingof younger, quicker-maturing aniinals. The changes that arebeing wrought are not plainly evident unless comparisons aremade extending over a period of years, or unless the opera-tions of some of the more prog-ressive feeders have been fol-lowed during recent times. Typ
. Types and market classes of live stock. t demands in cattle. The champions of early days were big,matured steers. In 1891, the Chicago Fat Stock Show elimi-nated classes for three-year-old cattle; that date marked theturning point toward what has since become known as babybeef. The tendency is more and more toward the finishingof younger, quicker-maturing aniinals. The changes that arebeing wrought are not plainly evident unless comparisons aremade extending over a period of years, or unless the opera-tions of some of the more prog-ressive feeders have been fol-lowed during recent times. Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 71 Breeders and feeders now put much stress on quicknessof maturity. This they have secured by selecting short-legged, blocky, compact animals, which type reaches maturitymuch more rapidly than the long-legged, more rangy type,popular in the early days. Some sacrifice has been made ofsize and weight in order to produce a type that will make beefquickly, yet the better breeders are careful to maintain a. Fig. 9. Prime Baby Beef. Hereford steer, Peerless Wilton 39ths Defender, Grand Championat the International Live Stock Show in 1906. Bred, fed, and exhibitedby Mr. F. A. Nave of Attica, Ind. Sold to Iowa State College. proper degree of size along with the low-set, blocky type ofbody. The change has been vastly beneficial to the breeder,feeder, butcher, and ultimate consumer. Baby beef are choice and prime fat cattle, between 12 and24 months of age, weighing 800 to 1200 pounds. Yearlingsmake 25 to 50 per cent, more meat for the grain consumedthan the same animals would make if kept until two or threeyears of age. The small, carcasses cut up with less 72 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock waste, and furnish thick, light steaks such as are most in de-mand, because they are cheaper and of a size adapted for do-mestic use. Such cattle will not dress out quite as high asolder cattle, but the difference in percentage yield of carcassis d
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