. The Packers' encyclopedia; blue book of the American meat packing and allied industries; a hand-book of modern packing house practice, a statistical manual of the meat and allied industries, and a directory of the meat packing, provision, sausage manufacturing, rendering and affiliated trades . Medium Beef Steer. Common Killing Steer Market Classes of Cattle MARKET CLASSES AND GRADES OF CATTLE 3 cows weigh from 1,000 to 1,500 pounds, and the bulls from 1,400 to 1,800pounds. They are solid black in color, have long curly hair, and arepolled. They mature somewhat more slowly as compared to the
. The Packers' encyclopedia; blue book of the American meat packing and allied industries; a hand-book of modern packing house practice, a statistical manual of the meat and allied industries, and a directory of the meat packing, provision, sausage manufacturing, rendering and affiliated trades . Medium Beef Steer. Common Killing Steer Market Classes of Cattle MARKET CLASSES AND GRADES OF CATTLE 3 cows weigh from 1,000 to 1,500 pounds, and the bulls from 1,400 to 1,800pounds. They are solid black in color, have long curly hair, and arepolled. They mature somewhat more slowly as compared to the otherbeef breeds, but they are exceptionally well adapted to climates havingsevere winters. They are good rustlers and winter well on are not so well adapted to feed lot conditions as are the otherthree breeds. The grain of the meat is fine and high in quaHty. There are some breeds of dual-purpose cattle which are designed forthe production of both milk and beef. Average animals of these breedsdo not reach the highest attainments, however, in the production of these are the Red Polls, Dutch Belted, Devons and some these breeds do not reach the maximum of either milk or beefproduction, they find very wide u?age on many farms where generalpurpose cattle are desired. MA
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