SHORTHORN BREKDERs' ASSOCIATIOX. 'I'l-) 



dark, cool, well-ljoddcd stall duriiiK the day with li;;lit lilaiikct on to Ulh-I) 

 the Hies ffoni disturhiiiii them. 



After the ajje of six inoiitlis is icai lied. 1 ]ii-el'er tn have each calf 

 have a separate box stall in order that tlie individual may he stndied and 

 fed accordiiijjc to its needs. Continue llie milk until eij;litt'en months, if 

 l)ossil)Ie, and in some eases longer. I)\it as a luie. nulk may he j;radnally 

 taken away at this time. 



On the (luestioii of water, 1 wish to say that friMinently a .tjood show 

 animal is made too paunchy hy irrefjtdar waterin;;. Animals in yood 

 health should have all the water they desire, hut never a jii-eat <iuantity 

 at a time. Steers with a tendency to he i)auncliy should not he fed bulky 

 rations, as this will increase the tendency. 



lu feeding a show steer one can afford to do certain thin.ys and .i;t) to 

 much trouole that would not be profitable in ordinary feedinji. 



Many feeders depend loo much on the ,urain ration, .liiviuii' too little 

 attention to the rougliaye. Such a practice makes it more dltlicult to keep 

 animals on their feed and in many cases leads to more serious trouble. 

 As a rule, twenty pounds of grain is a sutiicient amount for a show steer 

 weighing 1,500 to 1,800 pounds, if the roughage is properly looked after. 



The principal factors in the grain I'.-ition. as we feed, are crushed corn 

 and col), oats. I)ran. shorts and oil meal. To give variety. Ave use cracked 

 Avheat, a small quantity of malt and occasionally some hominy and glu- 

 ten meal or feed. It is our i)ractice to feed a r.ither narrow ration, using 

 considerable of bran and oats, and not to exceed three pounds of oil 

 meal. The proportions of the different grains are varied according to 

 the needs of the steer. A greater or less amount of corn is fed wiiere 

 more or less fat is desired, imt ordinarily not more th.-in one h.alf of the 

 grain ration is corn, and very often it is not more tlian a third of the 

 ration. 



For roughage we place alfalfa at the head of the list then follows 

 clover hay. sheaf oats, oat and i)ea hay. and last but not least, silage 

 and roots. During th(> summer season we supplement the blue giass 

 with green crops, such as c orn. sorglmm and soy Iteans. as it is very 

 imjiortant to have the show animal eat as much green food as i»ossible. 

 so tli.it ilic grain ration may lie cut down. .\t no time should llie 

 aninnd be neglected, but where it is kept on high feed it may be well 

 during the second and third summers to cut the grain ration down to 

 a nunimum. and tints re(iuire the aiumal to take more grass and green 

 feed and so rest tlie digestive organs. ('onst;inl .itlentioii lo the needs 

 of «'acli individual will l»e necessary in ordi'r tliat they may not lose 

 flesh. A pair of scales is the best guide in this matter. My aim has b(>en 

 to put most of the flesh on during the winter, as it is much easier dom^ 

 then. To do this, and at tiie s;ime time not overtlo it, is desir.-ible but 

 ditHcult. just as it is hard to have the steer right when you want him. 

 One shoidd etideavor to jiroduce the greater part of the bone ;ind frame 



