The world's meat futureAn account of the live stock position and meat prospects of all leading stock countries of the world, with full lists of freezing works . hewill command the highest market price, provided he has theform, quality and finish. Even the thousand-pound baby beef is looked for by the man with the money on this side ofthe Atlantic, but such cattle are not shipped abroad. Thischange is greatly to the advantage of the producer, as, otherthings being equal, the younger the animal goes to market, theless is the cost of food and the greater the profit to the producer. CANADA 133 The
The world's meat futureAn account of the live stock position and meat prospects of all leading stock countries of the world, with full lists of freezing works . hewill command the highest market price, provided he has theform, quality and finish. Even the thousand-pound baby beef is looked for by the man with the money on this side ofthe Atlantic, but such cattle are not shipped abroad. Thischange is greatly to the advantage of the producer, as, otherthings being equal, the younger the animal goes to market, theless is the cost of food and the greater the profit to the producer. CANADA 133 The British market demands cattle of moderate weights,good quality, and carrying sufficient fat in connection with thelean meat to secure a high degree of excellence without secure delicate flavour and tenderness, a certain proportionof fat is necessary, and this should be incorporated with the fleshor lean meat rather than appear only as a covering to the mus-cles. The great secret in producing a carcase of beef is to treatan animal in such a way that the fat grows with it during theentire period of its lifetime. It is unfortunately the too common. IMPOKTKD 8H0KTH0KN JiL MMHi\ practice of Canadian beef raisers to produce all the fat that ananimal carries in the course of a few months. Much of the fatput on it this way is deposited on the outside of the carcase; it islargely wasted as it is useful for little else than tallow. Thecarcase that dresses out showing specks and streaks of fatthroughout the lean tissue commands the highest price. Suchbeef is regarded as much of a delicacy as the finest turkey orlamb. The only way to be sure of prime quality is to maintainthe animal in good condition by a system of liberal feeding from 134 THE WORLDS MEAT FUTURE birth to maturity. Then the finisliing period is comparativelyshort, and the carcase produces the hio:hly desirable marbledbeef. It will be gathered that the requirements of both the feederand the butcher must be consider
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