FEEDING YOUNG ANIMALS 



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fed the skim milk and the cream substitutes, they 

 should show steady growth and plenty of thrift. 



After such calves have reached the age of four 

 to six months, the skim milk may be dropped out of 

 the ration, but the grain concentrates like oil meal, 

 corn and oats, should be continued, even increased 

 slightly, and fed in con- 

 junction with pasture 

 grass or the legume 

 hays. During the first 

 winter let these hays 

 be abundantly fed, so 

 as to develop large 

 stomachs, and to fur- 

 nish plenty of protein 

 and the ash materials. 



Feeding the Beef 

 Calf. In some sections 

 of the country calves 

 are either vealed or 

 saved for beef, and yet 

 the cows are managed 

 so as to get the most 

 milk possible either for 

 sale or for butter. Best 

 results are obtained when veal calves are given all 

 of the whole milk they will use. Many allow the 

 calf to stay with its mother during a period of three 

 or four weeks, taking all of the milk that the mother 

 gives. In addition, some grain is allowed, consisting 

 of oil meal or flaxseed and corn. When disposed of 

 as veal calves, the mother is put in the herd and 



BEEF IN THE MAKING 



The new idea in beef production 

 is to grow beef and not to fatten 

 cattle. 



