The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-03-11

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ket the Hereford commanded. a price
ten cents in advance of the highest
quotations of any other cattle. He was
one Of car load TO command that
price. His selling represented q pre-
MUM of ten cents among /, 200 cattle.
Both Of these steers sold on their
actual merits. The other steer went
on the same market, and was obliged
to sell $9.125 below the top, quota
tions, a difference of 50 225; or, in
other words, the Hereford brought
exactly 40 per cent. more than the
Jersey.
"When they were slaughtered the
Hereford steer dressed 81 s per cent.
and the Jersey dressed 57.5 per cent.
In other words, there was ten per
cent. more net beef in the Hereford.
I will say further, that the Jersey
was as we'll finished as it was pos.
sible TO make it: no amount Of feed
ing could have made him any better
for beef purposes than he was at the
time he went 20 market both steers
were in good form.
''In addition to the ten per cent.
more beef in one of them. when the
slaughter test was made, the Jersey
contained 100 pounds of loose fat
and, in addition to that IS pounds o3
suet, and the carcass dressed 763
pounds. This steer (the Hereford)
had a carcass that weighed over one
hundred pounds more, or S9S pounds.
He was well finished, and in that
carcass we only found 90 pounds OF
tallow, as against 100 in the other,
and 80 pounds suet as against IS.
Tallow, at that time, was worth four
cents a pound at Wholesale, while
choice steak was worth nineteen
cents.
"Now, while these steers were
rendering equal returns for q bushel
Of corn consumed in the feed. lot,
while they were charging the feeder
the same price for q pound of beef,
in the market one of them COM
manded 49 per cent. more than the
other, and this applied to the entire
carcass.
"NOw you can readily see why the
buyer put that difference on these
IL is their business 60
know-and they do know-what an.
animal will cut out on the blOCk;
but when the feeder does not reCog-
nize that difference he is obliged to
bear the loss. These steers were
both good representatives of their
respective type and breed, and while
this steer had that large quantity Of
internal tallow, he had not the de-
velopment and finish in the high
priced outs that the other had. He
had fat deposited around his internal
organs to the extent of one third HE
entire weight, while there was not
meat enough on his ribs and back 20
decently cover his bones. The buy
ers object TO that GLASS of cattle for,
while they are finished, in the sense
Of being fattened, they are not fin
ished in the parts that produce the
high priced beef -
This, in the light of other expert
ments, was rather an extreme case,
but it serves to admirably illustrate
the advantage the beef steer may
possess over one of the non beef
breeds.
I am frequently asked to name
THE BEST BEES BREED FOR THE SOUTH.
I can only reply that any of the
special beef breeds is good enough.
Angus or Hereford will
10 we'll with proper feed and care,
out none will prove satisfactory
these. We hear much of
5he rustling qualities of the Here
ord and the hardness of the Angus,
0ut neither of these is a good beef
quality.
No animal is likely to make either
rood or the most profitable beef
While withstaDding hardships or
for something TO eat. It is
for q certain GLASS of
writer's on live stock matters per.
aiming to the South to recommend
his or that breed because of it's abil-
ty to Withstand abuse. The idea
hat animals which have the ability
o Withstand hardships are profitable
3 costing this State thousands of
.ollars each year. No animal can
Lse food TO keep It's body warm or TO
urnish energy TO hunt for food and
6 the same time convert il into