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70 centages range from 59 to nearly 63; they are all creditable. It was the general opinion of those who examined the carcases that they were as profitable to the butcher, and more profitable to the consumer, than were any of those of much fatter animals slaughtered, as the latter- had too large a proportion of fat. 3. The shrinkage from full home weight to that after being shipped and fasted, is greater than many persons would have expected, ranging from 80 to 130 pounds, and averaging 104 pounds. "Pull weight" is a somewhat unsatisfactory thing, as one animal may have drank much more or more recently than another. 4. The weights taken the first six months show that no one of the steers having some grain made as much growth as did his mate on better pasture without grain. In both years but little gain was made during the hot, dry weather of mid-summer. The fluctuations in gain are not always easily explained. This case furnishes further evidence, if this be needed, that the practice of keeping young stock through the winter in open yards and with little or no grain, is not profitable. Two of the steers lost in weight from November to May, and the total gain of the eight during these six months was only 300 pounds; the average gain per steer during the first summer was 285 pounds; during the second summer, 448 pounds, or a little less than 75 pounds per month; the largest gain in this time wTas 515 pounds, or nearly 86 pounds per month. These gains are not so large as should be expected in profitable feeding. The table giving the weights of the different portions of the several carcases may be studied with profit. The task of cutting up the carcases was executed with unusual skill. It will be noticed that there is only the slightest variation in the weight of the pairs of quarters.