How to Buy Beef Cattle and Butcher a Cow

By The Mother Earth News Editors
Published on March 1, 1973
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PHOTO: FOTOLIA/MARGO HARRISON
A healthy Gelbvieh bull with a whole lot of meat on its bones.

All cattle can be fattened by careful feeding, but the
muscular development and mix of fat and lean that make for
best eating are found in breeds that are meant for beef
rather than for milk production. If you know you’ll be
doing your own butchering, then, you might consider

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