CHAPTER V 



HINTS ON BEEF AND WINTER LAMB 

 RAISING ON COUNTRY ESTATES 



MANY owners of country estates could 

 take up the raising of prime beef with 

 the assurance of deriving a good profit and 

 much pleasure from the undertaking. In fact, 

 the production of beef requires far less labor 

 and trouble than the maintenance of a dairy 

 herd. There is an excellent demand for beef, 

 and the supply is far below the demand. 



There are several ways of starting such a 

 department on an estate. Cattle known as 

 " feeders " may be purchased from the Chicago 

 or Buffalo stock yards by the carload; put right 

 on the land where they will be pastured during 

 the summer, and fed in yards from November 

 until the following June, when they will be 

 ready for market. In purchasing feeders, it 

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