The Steer That
The iteer that goes to There’s a long road, a lot of
market is not all steak. It’s feed, nutrients, care, and
not all beef either. Prom processing behind the beef
feedlot to packer to retailer, you buy today. And today
a 1,000 pound steer is you’re buying from an ex
reduced to approximately ceptionally large selection at
440 pounds of edible beef. prices trending downward in
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Goes to Market
the face of an increasing
grocery price index, ac
cording to marketing
specialists of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
The road the steer will
travel will involve thousands
of miles. It will go from
range, to feedlot, to packing
house. It will be fed ap
proximately 2,500 pounds of
grain, about 450 pounds of
protein supplement, and an
estimated 12,000 pounds of
hay. silage and grass. All
this will take from 18 to 24
months.
Once it has reached the
1,000 pound weight the steer
is considered ready for
market. After slaughter and
initial processing, the packer
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contributing factor to rancidity and bacteria
buildup. You’ll save on electricity too. Agway can
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house setup, using well water or even pond water
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SUPPLY CENTER
1027 DILLERVILLE ROAD, LANCASTER, PA
PHONE 717-397-4761
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Mon. thru Thurs. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sat. 8 a.m. to Noon
generally sells the carcass,
which will weight about 620
pounds. The retailer will
then trim away about 180
pounds of fat, bone, and
waste. He will cut, wrap, and
sell the various cuts to the
consumer.
Most cookbooks will
contain illustrations of the
various cuts of beef and
suggest ways to use them
most efficiently. It’s a good
time to become familiar with
these cuts to be able to
readily identify them at your
meat counter. It will be
helpful in making instant
estimations of what your
beef dollar is buying in the
way of price per serving.
The most tender cuts will
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 15,1975
be the rib steaks, tenderloin, nutritive value. The same
porterhouse, T-bone, strip perfectly balanced protein
loin, club, and sirloin steaks, power is contained in the
These are easily prepared by same amounts in less ex
dry heat. Less tender cuts of pensive cuts as in the most
meat are the balde, chuck, expensive beef,
round steaks, arm chuck and Bringing beef to your table
flank steaks; they can be is no accident. Neither is it
tenderized by marinating quick. It is a wetl
and preparing by moist heat. programmed, highly ef-
Whether you’re buying ficient operation that is
porterhouse steak or stew responsive to your eating
beef, you’re sacrificing habits and demands,
nothing in the way of
Preschooler
Meetings Set
“You and Your
Preschooler: will be the
subject of a meeting for
Berks County parents and
Adults working with tod
dlers. It will be held at St.
Luke’s Lutheran Church, 9th
& Green Streets, Reading,
'Pa. on April 1, 1975 at 7:00
p.m. and again on April 2,
1975 at 9:00 a.m.
The session, sponsored and
conducted by the Berks
County Penn State
Cooperative Extension
Service, will include a
general session on “Children
and Discipline”, presented
by a Family Life Specialist
from The Pennsylvania
State University. Par
ticipants will then select two
of four workshops offered:
How to develop creativity in
the preschooler; How to
select preschool educational
programs; How to manage
with a preschooler and How
to use television as an ef
fective teaching tool with
preschoolers.
Workshop sessions will
include “learn by doing:
activities for parents. In
addition, educational
exhibits relating to the topics
will be on display and
handout material will be
available.
Mrs. Fay B. Strickler,
Extension home economist,
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Berks County, says that the
preschool years are the
important ones in setting the
stage for a child’s future
learning. She urges county
parents of preschoolers to
attend this program. For
those parents wishing to
bring their small children, a
nursery and babysitting
service will be provided at
the meeting location.
To register for the
program on “You and Your
Preschooler,” call or write
Berks County Cooperative
Extension Service Office,
Berks County Agricultural
Center, Leesport, Pa. 19533.
Phone - 378-1327.
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