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cause they are cheaper and of a size adapted for domestic use. 

 Such cattle will not dress out quite as high as older cattle, but 

 the difference in percentage yield of carcass is due to a greater 

 amount of tallow in the older animal, which materially lessens 

 the older animal's superiority in this regard. The production 

 of baby beef necessitates starting the fattening process at birth 

 and carrying it on simultaneously with growth; the animal 

 receives full feed from start to finish. As stated by the Breeder's 

 Gazette: "The making of baby beef is a continuous performance 

 which shows 365 days in the ordinary year and 366 days in the 





Fig. 17. Prime Baby Beef. 



Hereford steer, Peerless Wilton 39th's Defender, Grand Champion at 

 the International Live Stock Show in 1906. Bred, fed, and exhibited by 

 Mr. F. A. Nave, Attica, Ind. 



leap year. It is readily observable that there is no such thing 

 as 'warming-up' or 'short-feeding' calves intended for the buyers 

 of prime baby beef. Cattle may be 16 to 18 months of age and 

 afterward warmed up a bit, but they will not class as baby 

 beef and they will not bring the prices of that article." 



Baby beef can only be produced from well-bred calves, as 

 only well-bred ones mature early enough to meet the market 



