CHAPTER XVIII 



FEEDING BEEF CATTLE 



Food Requirements for Beef. The Wolff-Leh- 

 mann standards for feeding the various classes of cat- 

 tle are shown in the table below. They indicate 

 the amount of food required per 1,000 pounds live 

 weight and are for both growing and fattening beef 

 animals. 



WOLFF-LEHMANN STANDARDS FOR FEEDING BEEF CATTLE 



Wild Cattle Are Seldom Fat. Animals in a wild 

 state are not easily fattened. It has taken many cen- 

 turies of careful selection and breeding to bring the 

 cattle of the plains or the lowlands or the mountains 

 up to a point at which they will lay on gains rapidly 

 and at a reasonable cost. It has been the work of 



