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young cattle seem to make on a fairly large 

 farm, and how soon they reach the market- 

 able age. Calves which cost fifty cents, and 

 perhaps another two dollars for feed, and can 

 be sold for at least seven dollars, and fre- 

 quently eleven, within seven weeks, are ob- 

 viously profitable. Then it seemed a pity to 

 kill off well-bred heifers, and a few were kept 

 for two years, at an approximate cost of $22, 

 and sold at an average of $50 each after their 

 first calf. 



Hardy males are kept from two to three 

 years, and sold for prime or, as it is fre- 

 quently called, baby beef, bringing, on an 

 average, $90. Our estimate for feed con- 

 sumed, and care, is $40, which leaves a clear 

 profit of $50. I think this proves that a but- 

 ter trade, supplemented by young stock rais- 

 ing, is bound to be profitable; especially as the 

 estimates quoted leave an ample margin for 

 decrease in feed and increase on sales. Be- 

 sides which, feed of calves, so long as it con- 

 sists of milk, costs us nothing, as the butter 



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