Unfortunately the Smithfield Sho\v r does not include beeflings 

 or calves ready at about 12 months old, and it is to them more 

 especially that the author reters when speaking of baby beef 

 and he gives some particulars of five such animals only one being 

 a show beast and these animals averaged 8 cwt. live weight at just 

 under 12 months old. Assuming that they would only average 

 57 per cent, of carcass weight to live weight, they would give a 

 return of 36 stone for each beast. This would give 14 8 s. for 

 the first 12 months of life. 



Baby Beef -making on the Pail. In the Journal of the Royal 

 Agricultural Society previously mentioned, Mr. H. Evershed gives 

 an account of a system, to which the author refers in some detail. 



The farm consists of about 300 acres, of which only 15 vere 

 in grass. A few large deep milking cows were kept, and every 

 year from 100 to 150 young bullocks went out at from 12 

 to 1 8 months old. In one year 170 bullocks went out at an ave 

 rage of 15 months (they ranged from 14 to 18 months, but wery 

 few were more than 15 months old). The average carcass weight 

 of these 170 bullocks was 37 stones (of 14 Ib.) which at 8 s. a 

 stone gives a value of 14 16 s. each. 



The calves were bought in, except the few from the above- 

 mentioned cows, and the homebred ones were found to do the 

 best of all. For the first four weeks of their lives the calves had, 

 on an average, i ! / g gallons a day of whole milk, which makes a 

 total of 42 gallons each. On this system calves must have some 

 whole milk given them. For the next eight weeks i */ 2 gallons of 

 liquid was given, made up of half new milk and half water of 

 skim milk, and boiled linseed and oatmeal as a cream equivalent. 

 From the twelfth till about the sixteenth week pail-feeding went 

 on even if skim milk were not available, for nourishing and pala- 

 table fluid was believed to be of great importance. At about 

 14 weeks old the calves would be getting i I / 2 gallons of skim milk 

 plus i Ib. of boiled linseed and oatmeal gruel, or i l / 2 gallons of 

 water plus 2 Ib. of gruel. This was gradually discontinued till at 

 4 months old the calves were on dry food, the best of hay having 

 been supplied from the fifth week. 



All through their first summer that is to say, from the age of 

 4 to 7 months or so the calves were in boxes made in old barns, 

 very little litter being used, the feeding being all the greenfodder 

 crops they could consume without scouring, all the hay they would 



