FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 218, 22 February 1915, Page 2

FARM AND DAIRY.

JUDGING A BULLOCK'S WEIGHT. Messrs Armour and Co., Chicago, who have brought the science of cattle buying to a fine point, publish in Avmc'o, their house magazine, their buyers methods for judging the Weight of cattle:—

"To the experienced buyer there are quite a number of ways to make certain of the. beef yielding qualities of any bullock or steer.

"These points stand out boldly before the eyes of a man who is constantly in the game for many years, and who trains himself to look for and see them. lAmong the first points an expert buyer looks for are a real fat wattle under an animal's jaw' and width across til" shoulder. The shoulders should be thick and square, clear up to the neck, so that there will be a good yield of beef all the way along. If a bullock is broad along the back, but sharp at the neck, there is want of beef there.

"Another way to .judge n, bullock is from a point several feet straight behind him. Notice the conformation of his hips and buck. Tf lie has been thoroughly fed his 'pants' will lie tight, and he will be straight and Hat across the buttock. Tf not. he will be divided and have the appearance of being split all the way up, which indicates a, lack of meat between the legs or in the rounds. "Again, get him into action, and when he stops notice whether he, pushes a good llank. Tf he does, this indicates that a good yield of beef can be expect- I ed from him."