CHAPTER XVII. 



CONSIDERATIONS THAT RELATE TO MEAT 

 PRODUCTION. 



Prominent among the considerations that relate to 

 meat production are the following : 



1. Increase at different ages. 



2. Increase during finishing period. 



3. Leading up to full feeding. 



4. Food consumed and increase. 



5. Cost of increase. 



6. Gains when fattening not worth their cost. 



7. Duration of finishing period. 



8. Season for marketing. 



9. Marketing when ripe. 



10. Shipping finished animals. 



11. Loss of weight in marketing. 



12. Feeding in stalls, sheds or yards. 



13. Finishing animals on pasture. 



14. Financial returns from purchased feeders. 



15. Baby beef. 



1 6. Winter lambs. 



17. Growing bacon. 



These are discussed in the order in which they are 

 given. 



Increase at different ages. It has been stated previ- 

 ously (see p. 64), that with the exception of swine dur- 

 ing the nursing period, and for some time subsequent to it, 

 domestic animals may be made to increase more rapidly the 

 nearer to the birth period the gains are made. The greater 

 practical importance of this question and the bearing which 

 it has upon profits, is a sufficient justification for enlarging 

 upon it. 



The figures now submitted approximate the increase in 

 weight that may be obtained from the different classes of 



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