The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 52, July 1948 - April, 1949 Page: 441
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Brahman Cattle in Texas
In 1926-1927 a committee of dietitians and food experts was
chosen to test the palatability of the cooked meat of both the
Brahman and non-Brahman steers, after the steers had been fed
175 days. According to the data found in Table 43, part-Brahman
meat was judged to be superior to purebred British steers in four
out of the five qualities tested. The decisions of the committee
proved conclusively that meat from part-Brahman steers tastes
better than meat from pure Hereford or Shorthorn steers. This
will not please the breeders of British cattle who have contended
that Brahman meat is unfit for human consumption as compared
to their own steer meat.
Of interest to the meat consumer, anxious to procure high
protein foods, is the fact that part-Brahman meat samples were
found to contain approximately 1 per cent more protein than
the meat of the pure Shorthorn and Hereford. This is a signifi-
cant fact for protein content in foods is highly important in
proper diets.
The producer of range cattle is vitally interested in the weight
of his cattle as they are taken from the range, grass-fed. In the
tests made with hybrid and purebred calves taken fresh from
grass, it was proved that part-Brahman calves averaged ninety-one
pounds, more than did the grass-fed calves of purebred stock.30
This fact represents more profit for the rancher; at present cattle
prices, such a weight superiority would mean from $14 to $20
more profit on a Brahman calf at weaning time than on a Here-
ford or Shorthorn calf at the same age. Tests showed that part-
Brahman calves paid the rancher, in this case the King Ranch,
28.44 per cent more money on the packer's market. In addition,
they were sold for more per hundred pounds of weight to the
meat packer.
Notwithstanding the fact that the part-Brahman steers con-
sumed more feed per hundred pounds of weight gained, the
result was proof that these steers still sold for more money even
after the feed costs were deducted from the selling price, showing
that part-Brahman animals can be fattened economically.1
A meat packer buys an animal according to its dressing per-
3olbid., ii.
alBrahman Breeder-Feeder, VIII (December, 1942), 7; Black and others, Beef
Production and Quality, 11.441
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