108 FARM ANIMALS 



The importance of raising baby beef has been well 

 stated by the Kansas Experiment Station. The 

 farmer who raises and fattens for the market mature 

 steers has to provide sufficient pasture for his 

 cows and his steers for three years. During this 

 time he can realize nothing on his animals, and 

 only one-fourth of his total herd are cows producing 

 calves. Where, however, the farmer raises baby 

 beef he can stock his farm to the full extent witn 

 cows and may obtain returns from his steers and 

 heifers which he has fed for the market within one 

 year. Thus, his capital is turned over three times 

 as fast as by the other method and a correspond- 

 ingly greater profit is made. 



FEEDING FOR MATURE BEEF 



In feeding steers so as to bring them to a market- 

 able condition at the age of two and one-half years 

 or somewhat later a large variety of feeding stuffs 

 is at the disposal of the feeder. If his animals 

 have been properly fed during their early life by 

 the use of a balanced ration containing a suitable 

 amount of nitrogenous material, the animals at the 

 beginning of the final feeding period have a suffi- 

 cient strength of bone and digestive power to 

 enable them to be forced rapidly by the use of 

 cheaper, more carbonaceous foods. The scheme 

 of economic beef production, therefore, consists 

 in the use of sufficient nitrogenous feeds for young 

 animals to give them proper development and con- 

 stitution to endure forced feeding just before they 

 become mature. 



Corn is the king of all grains which may be used 

 for the production of beef, pork or mutton. It has 

 been found by carefully conducted experiments 



