. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. 6 The Bulletin. ble points disappear so rapidly under the influence of food and care, as to make the cattle in a short time as fine a lot of feeders as can be found in the ;. Fig. 1.—A Very Unsatisfactory Feeder. This seemingly plausible argument deceives many, but is nonsense just the same. No matter how poor cattle may be, if they lack the characteristics of beef animals—"the straight back and well-sprung ribs, the straight lower line and well-filled quarters"—they can never
. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. 6 The Bulletin. ble points disappear so rapidly under the influence of food and care, as to make the cattle in a short time as fine a lot of feeders as can be found in the ;. Fig. 1.—A Very Unsatisfactory Feeder. This seemingly plausible argument deceives many, but is nonsense just the same. No matter how poor cattle may be, if they lack the characteristics of beef animals—"the straight back and well-sprung ribs, the straight lower line and well-filled quarters"—they can never have their conformation changed by any quantity of feed, or by any sort of care. In fact, the scrub or dairy-bred steer, as he increases in age, departs still farther from the proper beef form. His shoulders and belly grow larger, while his back, hips and thighs seem to get thinner. He is increasing in weight to be sure, but it is in portions furnishing the cheaper cuts and in tallow on his inside and not in valuable beef over his back, loin and hips, or in his thighs. No matter what he may weigh, or how fat he may be made, he will still be a cheap scrub and bring a scrub price on the market. The old saw, that an article well bought is half sold, is nowhere better illustrated than in the buying of cattle for feeding for beef. The question of profit or loss in the operation is as much dependent upon the judgment exercised in buying as upon any other feature of the whole 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 North Carolina. Dept. of Agriculture. Raleigh : State Board of Agriculture
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