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...make his helicopter go up or down he incorporated the idea of the variable-pitch propeller; by increasing the rotor blades' bite on the air (and simultaneously opening the throttle), he increased their lifting power. But to steer the machine forward, backward or sideways he made the blades subject, also, to something much more complicated, called cyclical pitch. This forced the bite of each individual blade to lessen as it swung toward the direction in which the control stick was moved?and then to gradually increase back to maximum pitch as it traveled through the next 180 degrees...
...horses, to withstand the shock. In the same split-second instant, a long-legged halfback named John Lattner sprang from his crouch, took the deft hand-off of the ball from his quarterback, and cracked through the right side of the line with the power of a runaway steer...
...chief reason meat prices are so high is the heavy cost of bringing meat to market. Actually, the price of a steer on the hoof is only a small factor in what the housewife pays for beef. The total cost includes such expenses as freight (up 75% since the war) and labor (up about 100%). Since these costs are fixed, a temporary drop in cattle prices may mean only a small reduction at retail...
...along the line there are big risks and small profits. For example, an 800-lb. grass-fed steer that costs the cattleman $160 to raise, and formerly sold at a nice profit, today usually sells for only $128. To get the cattleman's steer ready for market, and possibly make a $25 profit, a feeder must stuff it with corn for three to nine months. But to the packer who buys it weighing 1,100 Ibs. the steer represents only 660 Ibs. of salable meat. Once, such byproducts as the hide, tallow, blood, offal and stomach were very profitable...
...narrow the wide spread between ranch and retail prices is to improve the steer so that there will be more meat, less waste, less expense in raising it. Some experts also believe that even the traditional feed-lot method of fattening cattle with expensive corn can be greatly improved. One development in feeding is the use of synthetic urea to nourish the bacteria in the rumen (part of a steer's stomach) so that a steer can be readied for market on cotton burrs, corncobs and even sawdust in its food...