. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . Shamrock—Grand Champion steer at the Chicago InternationalLive Stock Exposition, 1902. Iowa Agricultural College, Ames, Clear Lake Jute—Grand Champion steer, Chicago InternationalLive Stock Exposition, 1904—Reserve Champion, 1903. Uni-versity of Minnesota. 132 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. of the less valuable meat. Giving both butcher andfeeder due consideration, a certain standard of per-fection, called scale of points, has been adoptedfor the beef steers, in which each part of the animalis given a numerical value according to its impor-t
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . Shamrock—Grand Champion steer at the Chicago InternationalLive Stock Exposition, 1902. Iowa Agricultural College, Ames, Clear Lake Jute—Grand Champion steer, Chicago InternationalLive Stock Exposition, 1904—Reserve Champion, 1903. Uni-versity of Minnesota. 132 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. of the less valuable meat. Giving both butcher andfeeder due consideration, a certain standard of per-fection, called scale of points, has been adoptedfor the beef steers, in which each part of the animalis given a numerical value according to its impor-tance, the whole footing 100 per cent for whatwould be a perfect animal. The following, sug-gested by Craig, is in use among most agricul-tural colleges. The writer has submitted it tothe leading judges of England, Scotland and Amer-ica. Some have suggested slight changes ; othersmake none. It is quite possible that somewhatmore importance should be given to chest, rumpand thigh, although these parts are all included inform, which is given 10 points. Score-card for Beef Steer— General appearance: Weight, according to age 10 Form, straight top line and underline; dee
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