TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Breeding 269 



Common Stocks 269 



Improvement 270 



Grade Sires 272 



Aged Bulls 273 



Immature Females 274 



Cross Breeding 275 



In-and-in Breeding 275 



Prepotency 276 



Co-operation of Breeders 277 



Grades of Feeding Cattle .... 278 



Fancy . , 279 



Choice 279 



Good 279 



Medium 279 



Common 280 



Inferior 280 



Beef and Beef Products 280 



Baby Beef 280 



Feeding 280 



Demands 281 



Quick Returns 281 



Economy 282 



Fattening 283 



Feeders 284 



Market Demands 284 



Butchers 287 



Consumers 287 



Dairy and Beef Type Steers.. 287 



Feeders' Conclusions 288 



Summer and Winter Feeding. 288 



Feeding Two-Year-Old Steers 289 



Silage as Food 289 



Rations and Energy Values... 290 



Components of Flesh 290 



Percentage of Components. 291 



Body a Machine 292 



Composition of Feed Stuffs. 293 



Food Demands 294 



Food as Fuel 295 



Energy in Food 296 



How Utilized 297 



Maintenance Requirements.. 299 



Feed Values 300 



Fattening Requirements . . . 301 



Milk Requirements 302 



Work Requirements 302 



Dry Matter in Rations 305 



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Computation of Rations 305 



Steps Necessary 305 



Total Feed Required 306 



Rations Improved 307 



Computation of Rations . . . 308 



Feeding Stuffs Chosen 311 



Prices of Feed 311 



Amounts of Feed 312 



Compounding Rations 314 



Feeds and Feeding for Beef.. 315 



Corn as Food 315 



Dairy Cows 315 



Steer Fattening 317 



Commercial Stock Foods .... 319 



From Wheat 319 



From Rye 320 



From Buckwheat 320 



From Corn 320 



From Gluten Meal 320 



From Hominy 320 



From Distilleries 323 



From Oats 323 



From Flaxseed 323 



From Cottonseed 324 



From Barley 325 



From Alfalfa 325 



From Meals 325 



From Dried Blood 325 



From Beet Pulp 326 



Poultry Food 326 



Molasses for Fattening 326 



Feeding Molasses 326 



Amounts to Feed 326 



Summary 327 



Feeding Alfalfa 327 



Mixing Grain and Roughage.. 328 



Use of Pulp 329 



Beet Pulp and Corn Meal 330 



Condimental Stock and Poul- 

 try Foods 330 



Ingredients 330 



Medicinal Ingredients 331 



Cost 332 



Selling Price 332 



Values 332 



Claims of Manufacturers... 333 



Medicines for Animals 333 



Sick Animals 334 



Authorities on Beef . . 334 



Breeds 



Merino 335 



Leicester 336 



Border Leicester 336 



Lincolns 337 



Cotswolds 337 



Downs 338 



Southdowns 338 



Shropshires 338 



Part III 

 SHEEP. 

 335 



Hampshires 341 



Oxfords 342 



Suffolks 342 



Dorset Horns 342 



Cheviots 343 



Black-faced Highlands 343 



Sheep Feeding 344 



Ewes 344 



Breeding Ewes 344 



