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FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



glutens, and various by-products of starch and cereal 

 factories. It is unnecessary here to record the long 

 list of grain products that enter into the production 

 of beef. Some are local feeds ; some are prohibitive 

 because of their value for other purposes ; and some, 

 while good and available, are ordinarily outclassed 

 as fattening foods because of the better qualities 

 and larger supply of such grains and concentrates, 

 as previously mentioned. 



TRACK CONTRIVANCE FOR FEEDING CATTLE 



The grain is prepared and mixed in the barn and later delivered by means 

 of the track and cars to the feeding pens. In this way much labor is saved. 



Whether grains shall be ground, crushed or fed 

 whole, or whether they shall be fed on pasture or 

 in the feed lot, in outside racks or in closed stalls, 

 will depend upon circumstances, the management 

 of the farm and the nature of the man. What is 

 most important of all is to grow as much corn as 

 can be profitably grown ; to grow as much roughage 

 as the method of farming will admit, and to have 

 as much of this of a legume nature as possible; to 



