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8. Beef Breeds 



Larger profit can be secured from dairy than from beef 

 cattle with the same amount of feed, but dairy animals re- 

 quire a much greater amount of labor and a more costly 

 equipment. The work necessary to care for fifteen or 

 twenty dairy cows will be sufficient to tend two hundred 



Auchenbrain Brown Kate 4th, Ayrshire cow with a 365-day 

 butter-fat record of 917.6 pounds. 



beef animals. Properly managed, the raising and feeding" 

 of cattle for beef from home-grown feed can be made highly 

 profitable. 



The beef-producing type. Beef and dairy cattle 

 differ widely in their type. For the production of beef, 

 the animal must be able to use a large proportion of its 

 food in the putting on of flesh; it must also have a form 

 capable of holding a large amount of muscle and fat. 



The beef animal should have a conformation that (1) 



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