. Biggle cow book; old time and modern cow-lore rectified, concentrated and recorded for the benefit of man. Cows. Chapter XVII. BEEF. Some folks want a steer and a cow all in one animal—beef and butter. It is a partnership which does not work well. —John Tucker. The commercial profits of beef production depend largely on location and conditions. Beefing in a dairying district does not pay, nor does dairying in a beef district. Close to the large eastern cities the dairy cow is at her best, and feed- ing steers is at a discount. In the West, where not adjacent to good local dairying markets, t
. Biggle cow book; old time and modern cow-lore rectified, concentrated and recorded for the benefit of man. Cows. Chapter XVII. BEEF. Some folks want a steer and a cow all in one animal—beef and butter. It is a partnership which does not work well. —John Tucker. The commercial profits of beef production depend largely on location and conditions. Beefing in a dairying district does not pay, nor does dairying in a beef district. Close to the large eastern cities the dairy cow is at her best, and feed- ing steers is at a discount. In the West, where not adjacent to good local dairying markets, the fattening of steers for ship- ment is a profitable industry. There are also intermediate districts where milk and beef are both in demand, and where heavy cows are able to supply both. Even in the East some dairymen make a habit of buying large-framed cows when fresh, feeding them heavily, milking them as long as profitable, and then selling them to the butcher, replacing them with other animals with calves by their sides. To supply this de- mand is the business of some drovers, who buy the fresh cows in districts remote from the large cities and ship u them in carload lots and sell them at ^ public auction. The heavy breeds of cattle are adapted to the needs of the cheese maker rather than the butter Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia, W. Atkinson co
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