. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . Good feeder but poor butchers type. Grade Angus steer ; age, twoyears, tea months ; weight, 1, lbs. A remarkable Indicated by a powerful chest and large abdomen, but a poorkiller because of too much forequarter, excessive plates andgobby fat. This steer was the heaviest of a lot of twelve choiceAngus steers, but his carcass was valued at $1 per cwt. belowthe A Soijth Omaha sunfish. An inferior type from the viewpoint ofboth butcher and feeder. BEEF TYPE. 123 tier neck at the base, and small nostril—the oxida-tion, or pu
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . Good feeder but poor butchers type. Grade Angus steer ; age, twoyears, tea months ; weight, 1, lbs. A remarkable Indicated by a powerful chest and large abdomen, but a poorkiller because of too much forequarter, excessive plates andgobby fat. This steer was the heaviest of a lot of twelve choiceAngus steers, but his carcass was valued at $1 per cwt. belowthe A Soijth Omaha sunfish. An inferior type from the viewpoint ofboth butcher and feeder. BEEF TYPE. 123 tier neck at the base, and small nostril—the oxida-tion, or purification, of the blood must be corre-spondingly slow. (3) An active, healthy cir-culation of blood, and active digestion and as-similation are also indicated by the characterof the skin and the hair. The outer skin is acontinuation of the inner skin, which constitutes thestomach and the intestines. If the outer skin is dryand harsh, lacking in pliableness, we may expect apoorly nourished inner skin. A soft, pliable skin, cov-ered with a thick, mossy growth of soft, fine hair,oily in appearance, is almost a certain indication ofactive digestion and assimilation of food. Drawingthe skin between thumb and forefinger is the surestway of determining its handling quality. In buy-ing steers for the feed-lot, however, this is not oftenpossible, because of the timidity of the animal. Afeeder of long experience learns to associat
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