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Title: A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings
Year: 1831 (1830s)
Authors: Goodrich, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1790-1862
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: Philadelphia : (s.n.)
Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

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hire. By com- ENCYCLOPEDIA. 9 NEAT CATTLE. petent judges he is supposed to weigh alive nearly 4,000 pounds. Hisdimensions are as follows:— feet, inches.Length from the nose to the rump, - - 11 00 Height, - - - - 5 Girth around the body. - - - 11 Shoulder to brisket, - - - 4 Horns from tip to tip, - - - 3 In the spring of 1819, two oxen of extraordinary weight and dimen-sions, were slaughtered in Baltimore. The one of these was called Columbus, the other the Delaware ox. Their weight and dimen-sions, ascertained with great care and exactness, follow: 10663 COLUMBUS. DELAWARE OX. Weight. Weight. Alive, - 2962 Alive, - 2688 Head and tongue, 24* Head and tongue, 23 Feet, 26 Feet, 22* Liver, 18 Liver, 20* Heart, 10 Heart, 10* Lights, 16 Lights, 11 Rough tallow, 218 Rough tallow, 2734 Hide, 154* Hide, 101 Blood, 94 Blood, 651 Other offal weight, 222* Other offal weight, 198 783* 731* Neat beef, 2090 Neat beef, 1851 2873* 2582* Loss unaccounted for, 88* Loss unaccounted for, 105* 2962 268*
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OX COLUMBUS. 10 FAMILY NEAT CATTLE. Hind Quarter. Fore Quarter. 1 Sirloin, 11 Middle Rib; four Ribs, 2 Ruinp, 12 Chuck; three Ribs, 3 Edge bone, 13 Shoulder, or Leg of Mutton 4 Buttock, piece, 5 Mouse Buttock, 14 Brisket, 6 Veiny Piece, 15 Clod, 7 Thick Flank, 16 Neck, or Sticking piece, 8 Thick Flank, 17 Shin, 9 Leg, 18 Cheek. 10 Fore Rib; five Ribs, The above drawing represents the form and attitude of the ox Co-lumbus. The plain horizontal line, describes his length from the rootof the horn to the tip of the rump. The plain perpendicular line, hi9height on the shoulders. The dotted lines, point out the manner of cuttingup beef, as practiced by victuallers; and the figures, in their centres,refer to the proper technical name of each piece. For this diagramwe are indebted to the American Farmer. It is given in this place asa pattern, which may be useful as a guide to housekeepers, in many partsoi our land.

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