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after which in fall put them on full feed, which should con- 

 tinue until the calves reach the desired condition and weight. 

 Mr. E. S. Bayard recommends* 10 pounds of corn silage 

 and 4 or 5 pounds of alfalfa or clover hay daily, along with 

 a mixture of 6 parts shelled corn and 1 part of cottonseed 

 meal, fed on the basis of 2 pounds for each 100 pounds of live 

 weight. These spring calves should be ready for market 

 by August of the next year. Fall calves should be carried 

 through the winter in good condition, be turned on grass 

 early in spring, and be fed during summer all the hay and 

 grain they will eat, feeding 8 parts of corn to 1 part of 

 cottonseed meal or linseed meal. Choice western calves, of 

 superior beef breeding and condition, dropped in the spring, 



Figure 99. Making beef in comfortable quarters in the Corn Belt. 



are often bought in the fall, at weights around 350 to 450 

 pounds, and are put in the feed lot, where they are fed for 

 an early market, with silage, clover or alfalfa, and suitable 

 grain mixture, corn and cottonseed meal being the favorite 

 concentrates. 



Summer feeding of steers relates to the practice of put- 

 ting cattle on grass in the spring, and turning them off on 

 the market in fall or early winter. These cattle may have 

 been fed grass only or have received concentrates. Cattle 



*Beef Production, Bulletin 23.'), Pennsylvania Dept. of Agriculture, 1913. 



