What did the meat-packers mean when they described cattle as "steerly"?

a. the cattle were covered with boils.

b. the cattle had grazed on the open range.

c. the cattle had been fed well.
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d. the cattle were strong.

answer:

they were referring to the fact that the cattle were covered in boils

according to the quotation from booker t. washington's 1895 atlanta compromise speech.

in the great leap from slavery to freedom . . the masses of us are to live by the production of our hands . . we shall prosper . . as we learn to dignify and glorify common labor.

washington believed that  hard work had its own kind of dignity.

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