Title: Some essentials in beef production.
Authors: Curtiss, Charles Franklin, 1863-
Publisher: Government Printing Office.
Year: 1898
Subjects: Beef cattle
Contents: The beef type -- The use of the score card -- Beef characteristics briefly defined -- Selection of store, or stock, cattle for feeding -- Breeding type versus the block -- Excellence for the block due to inherited quality rather than feed or grain -- The types compared -- Early maturity -- The passing of the heavy-weight carcass -- The economy of gain at different ages compared.