. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . Fig. 3—Hear view of tlie Angus and Jersey steers, sliowiug strongcontrast in the development of back, loin, rump, and (1) Rib cut from the Angus steers, wt. 117 lbs., of the carcass. (2) Rib cut from the Jersey steer, wt. 70 lbs., of the carcass. Il8 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. From the diagram it will also be seen that thehind quarter has valuable meat, though somewhatless valuable than the back. It is important, there-fore, that the finished steer should have a broadrump and full, wide thighs. The cheaper cuts arethe plat
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . Fig. 3—Hear view of tlie Angus and Jersey steers, sliowiug strongcontrast in the development of back, loin, rump, and (1) Rib cut from the Angus steers, wt. 117 lbs., of the carcass. (2) Rib cut from the Jersey steer, wt. 70 lbs., of the carcass. Il8 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. From the diagram it will also be seen that thehind quarter has valuable meat, though somewhatless valuable than the back. It is important, there-fore, that the finished steer should have a broadrump and full, wide thighs. The cheaper cuts arethe plates, neck and shoulder, none of which shouldbe excessively large. (2) Bone.—The proportion of bone to meatshould not be large, as the consumer does not wishto pay meat prices for bone. Some individualspossess altogether more bone than is is particularly true of the unimproved typesof cattle. To illustrate what has already been said con-cerning beef type, the reader is asked to comparethe high-grade Angus steer shown in Fig. i withthe high-grade Jersey, in Fig. 2. The Angusweighed 1,600 pounds and the Jersey 1,230 pounds,although the Jersey was three months
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