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Show v CATTLE GRADING The practice of "bottoming out" ' the inferior cattle from feed-lots and ' breeding herds rather than "topping out" the good ones was strongly rec-commended rec-commended by James K. Wallace, of the bureau of agricultural economics . U. S. D. A., who recently gave- cattle and sheep grading demonstrations in 1 twenty-seven Utah towns in coopera- tion with U. A. C. Extension service. Following are the pertinent points made by Mr. Wallace who is an ex perienced livestock buyer. There is a bright future for th man who produces beef or feeders of high quality. Low grade beef cattle cat-tle have the competition of meat from dairy animals. Dairy cattle comprise 3 8-40 per cent of all product pro-duct to dairy beef or his case is hopeless. hope-less. Grading of beef and feeders is in effect from Denver east and is fast spreading over the intermountain country. This grading has produced a 3 cent spread on feeders and a 6 cent spread on fat steers.? Twelve years ago the spread on fat steers was only 2 cents. Common stuff is worth no more than it was twelve years ago. , Feed lots should be bottomed out after the first thirty days feed. Keep for the long feed the 7 cent steer rather than the 5 cent one. Recognize Recog-nize the poor feeders as culls and sell them as such rather than have them pull down the price of the good animals. Sell inferior cattle as veal if possible. pos-sible. Weed out the cows which produce pro-duce inferior calves. Sell all low grade animals as near home as possible, pos-sible, they cannot stand expensive carrying charges. Dehorn the calves. Feeders deduct 1-2 cent per pound for horns. The ; packer knocks off 1 cent per pound for horns. Provide a dry bedding place for1 cattle on feed. It means dollars to the feeder. The primary effort of the department depart-ment in this work is to discourage bulk selling and encourage the producer pro-ducer to grade his cattle and get the benefit. |