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tening of two and three-year-old cattle has been generally more profitable 

 than fattening yearlings. The chief reasons are 



a. The margin between the buying and selling price is less in the 

 ease of yearlings than in the case of two and three-year-old cattle. 



b. The older cattle fatten in a shorter period. 



c. It is not generally advisable to try to finish the cheaper grades 

 of yearlings. In our investigations the quality of the yearlings has 

 been generally higher than of the older cattle. In spite of this fact the 

 financial results have seemed to favor the feeding of the older cattle. 



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