CHAPTER XXIII 

 FEEDING BEEF CATTLE 



Rations for Beef Cattle. Feeding standards should be fol- 

 lowed in preparing rations for beef cattle. 



The Wolff-Lehmann Standards 1000 pounds live, weight 



* Given separately by W.-L. f Doubtless too high. 



The Armsby Standards 



Systems of Feeding Beef Cattle. There are two different sys- 

 tems followed in feeding beef cattle in this country. The cattle 

 are either raised and fattened on the same farms, as is generally 

 done in the farming and grain-growing districts, especially the 

 corn belt, or they are raised and fattened in different regions. In 

 the latter case, they are raised and fed until maturity mainly in 

 the grazing districts of the western and southwestern States and 

 then shipped to grain- or forage-growing regions to be fattened for 

 market. The relative importance of the two systems may be in- 



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