CATTLE FOR BEEF. 



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There are other beefing breeds of cattle, viz., Galloway, 

 Galloway, Sussex, Devon and the Highland Cattle. ^frngWand" 

 These all have certain good qualities, but on account of 

 their smaller size have not become generally popular. 



Calves of the beefing breeds require better care Care of Calves, 

 and feed than the dairy breeds. In order to get 

 the best and -quickest returns it is advisable to feed 

 them whole milk for one or two months. This 

 should be followed with good, succulent food, com- 



105. PORTERHOUSE RO.AST. 



posed of clover, rape, roots, bran and silage. Little 

 grain should be fed until the frame is developed. 



With good comfortable stabling and abundance Buying steers 

 of fodder, roots and coarse grain, it is advisable to Fe'edf^!*' 

 manufacture the feed into beef on the farm by buying 

 two-year-old steers (of the beefing type) in the fall, 

 for winter feeding. For this purpose, select only 

 young animals, blocky, smooth, with wide backs 

 and loose hides, weighing between ten and eleven 

 hundred pounds. They should be finished in six 

 months, weighing then thirteen hundred pounds 

 or over. 



