. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. MARKETING FARM STOCK 161 promoting future business. Any other policy would be destructive to a firm's business. Market grades. All live-stock sold is divided into different classes and grades. This classification is most complete in Chicago, but it must occur to a certain extent even in the smaller country locality. Market quotations are now sent all over the country from prominent market centers, and prices everywhere are regu- lated by these quotations. Dif- ferent classes occur with horses, cattle, sheep and swine, and within
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. MARKETING FARM STOCK 161 promoting future business. Any other policy would be destructive to a firm's business. Market grades. All live-stock sold is divided into different classes and grades. This classification is most complete in Chicago, but it must occur to a certain extent even in the smaller country locality. Market quotations are now sent all over the country from prominent market centers, and prices everywhere are regu- lated by these quotations. Dif- ferent classes occur with horses, cattle, sheep and swine, and within the class is a range of grade. With cattle for ex- ample,—in Chi- cago there are classes of (1) beef cattle, (2) butcher stock, (3) cutters and canners,(4) stockers and feeders and (5) veal calves. There are also some other spe- cial classes, as Texas and west- ern range cat- tle, distillers, culture, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Chief of the Bureau, super- vises inspection work all over the country. A large number of trained veterinarians inspect stock on the hoof and in the slaughter house, as a protection to home consumers of meats, and as a guarantee of the health of the meats exported. In 1905, there were nearly 66,000,000 head of live animals inspected by the government, with over 40,000,000 inspected after slaughter. According to Secretary f -j;_--aR- issigipfr . _. .,.-; .. l _f. Fig. 141. Stock-yards. Fort Worth, Texas baby beef, export, shipping, and dressed beef steers and stags. Each class is graded according to its quaiity and a price with some variation placed on each grade. These grades rank as prime, choice, good, medium, common and inferior. A prime beef steer may bring seven cents a pound, and an infe- rior one three and a half cents. The intelligent buyer, whether a butcher or shipper, must pay for his stock on some such basis of market quotations. Sheep and hogs are classified and graded, though not to so great a degree as ca
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