. Beef production . Cattle. 88 BEEF PEODUCTiOxN as 1600 pounds. For the New York and Eastern holi- day trade, the first ten days of December, especially from the fifth to the eighth, is considered a favorable time to market; for the Chicago city trade and nearby cities and towns, from December 10 to 15. New York, Boston, ami some other Eastern cities use more heavy good weight cattle than the Western cities. They also use a good proportion of yearlings and light weights, and the light and medium weight prime cattle. Fig. 10. A high-class porterhouse steak. An expensive cut. but gonrl seem to b
. Beef production . Cattle. 88 BEEF PEODUCTiOxN as 1600 pounds. For the New York and Eastern holi- day trade, the first ten days of December, especially from the fifth to the eighth, is considered a favorable time to market; for the Chicago city trade and nearby cities and towns, from December 10 to 15. New York, Boston, ami some other Eastern cities use more heavy good weight cattle than the Western cities. They also use a good proportion of yearlings and light weights, and the light and medium weight prime cattle. Fig. 10. A high-class porterhouse steak. An expensive cut. but gonrl seem to be getuiig more popular every year. It has been intimated that the supply is not as large as it would he if it were not a difficult matter to produce prime Christ- mas bullocks. The accompanying illustrations will give the reader an idea of the quality or grade demanded by discriminating buyers of Christmas beef, the grade of cattle which produce it, and lastly the kind of feeding cattle it is necessary to select if one expects to achieve success in the production of Christmas beef. Figure 9 shows a standing rib (from which are cut prime of rib roasts). Here the distribution of fat and lean is ideal, showing sufficient richness without much waste. Figure 10, the porterhouse steak, is at best an expensive cut, but where the fat is as abundant as. 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 Mumford, Herbert Windsor, 1871-. Urbana, Ill. : Herbert W. Mumford
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