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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1882
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69 failed; the water supply was unsatisfactory. During the hot weather the steers had access, during the day, to a dark shed. During August the younger Ayrshire steer met with an accident which made it necessary to kill him. The seven steers were taken to the Fat Stock Show in Chicago, in November. During the week they were sold to a prominent butcher of the city and were slaughtered in the building, the weights of different parts being taken. By invitation a committee of butchers informally classed the carcases in order of merit. In tables below are given the names, ages and weights of the steers at different dates; also the results of the slaughter test. The second steer of each pair, as given in the first table, is the one which had some grain during the first summer: Gain in 6 months. Weight Nov. 10.. Weight Sept. 1.. Weight, Aug. 1.. Weight May 1... Weight Nov. 1... Weight Sept. 1.. Weight July 1... Weight May 1... Gain in 6 months. Name. Breed. Birth. 2.—Jo. 3.—Thomas. 4.—M'y D'ke 5.—Burnh'm 6.—Junior. . Ayrshire Ayrshire % Devon % Devon % Hereford.. % Hereford.. Short H o r n . . 8.—Oscar... M S h o r t H o r n . Totals F e b . 3, 7 9 . . . M a r c h 1, 79. M a r c h 1, 79. May 1, 7 9 . . . Oct. 1 , 7 8 . . . . Aug. 20, 79.. April 1.79.. March 1, 79. 605 565 490 495 755 540 635 725 770 820 885 715 720 780 690 780 830 635 660 710 990 1,065 1,175 690 740 750 880 900 990 845 865 960 280 920 1,200 1,215 215 765 990 350 850 1,160 1,145 215 800 1,070 1,125 420 1,190 1,550 1,595 210 840 1,175 1,220 355 1,100 1,400 1,420 235 915 1,260 1,335 1,305 1,300 1,215 1,670 1,335 1,500 1,430 385 450 415 480 490 400 515 3,135 4,810 6,215 6,550 7,080 2,280 7,380 Tallow Liver, heart, tongue, lungs , trimmings.... Paunc h and guts Merit of carcase Left fo Right fore quarter Feet.. Weigh Weigh t dressed carcase. Livew eight at slaughter... Left hi nd quarter. Head. Weigh t carcase—hide and t allow Hide.. Right hind quarter... Name. ; j Jock Thomas... May D u k e Burnham. Junior Oscar Ezra 2 4 H 7 1,305 1,300 1,215 1,670 < 1,430 > 1,335 5 1 1,500 1,220 1,175 1,135 1,545 1,250 1,300 1,400 886 707 8 4 6 ^ 677 808 965 1,151 750 894 815 960 880 1,046 7.33 71 56% 55 88 56 58 1 7B 82 83 76 98 88 87 90 192 188 182 255 197 212 232 194 186 183 255 198 208 235 173 167 156 228 179 198 207 174 27% 166 31% 156 30% 227 35% 176 30 197 28% 206 32 16 17 uy?, 21% 19 19 20 173 44% 34 5 174 35%i 34 172 33 33 207 42 35 197 40 33% 181 41 31 208 45%5 41 Among the points suggested by these results may be named: 1. In no sense can this be counted a conclusive comparison of breeds; it is obviously unfair to compare half-bloods with pure bred animals. So far as the opinion of the butchers who examined the carcases has value, it goes to show that the greater the proportion of "improved blood," the better the carcase. The two pure bred steers stand at the head; the two half-bloods at the foot of the list. 2. The percentage of weight of dressed carcase to live weight shows the fact that none of the steers were very fat. These per-
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