Show TO C wa T A JN WS consuming DEMAND R MEAT CUTS j erpa ant t by ali onita stata att department iva sf 1 14 i of sture X laves investigators igat 0 rs who are responsible for aka ahe planning of at beef cattle work are turning their attention unit anil ener energy gy quite largely to problems concerning the fatten ir I 1 o f cattle elther either calves or yearnings yearlings year 0 lings wan in an effort to ascertain the masi roost satti satisfactory factor I 1 y methods of producing beef from cattle of these ages the great mass masi of feeding drinis trinis conducted with beef cattle during the last quarter gut er ventury en tury has been with reference to older cattle steers two and a half years of age at the time they went ca ferdand in some eases cases three aad nd a years of age tj ahli aw Is a as it should be says the united sta 1 tea es department of agriculture in the experimental work ay iy with ith the youir er class of beet beef itle the beef cattle industry la Is RO go ing through a marked change at the present time largely because of the changing taste of the consuming public which Is now demanding lighter cuts of meat already this demand has resulted in many retail markets ddn handling diang only light carcasses of beef such buch as 08 those of yearling cattle while formerly the demand tot fo heavy cattle seemed to he be almost un limited the reverse Is true today packers say that 15 to 20 per cent of the total receipts of beof beer cattle la Is amplo ample to take care of the call for heavy carcasses whereas the remainder la Is for cattle weighing from to 1100 pounds on foot or carcasses weighing from froin to COO CM pounds this means that the demand today Is quite largely for cattle under two years of age some little experimental work has been done with cattle of different ages the results to date show that calves placed in n the feed lot at welin ing time ome and continued therein until finished finla hed for market make from 50 to 78 75 per cent more gain from the same fead than th a n do more mature steers especially pec ally lally those hot tant are from two to four years year of age this change Is due dile ito to th tho f fact t that part 0 of the gain in llight illah 1 cattle Is 18 growth of cattle marti it whereas most of the gains in livasy steers is meat feeder year ear anga a eighteen months old weighing to pounds have been i ITU iund nd to be relatively a as com ed to older cattle alt although hollit not F vya ft class with the calves from the of economy of gain tecy |