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mands a special type of animal, which can briefly be described as 

 early maturing. The indications of early maturity are a broad 

 forehead, short face, short thick neck, short legs, deep compact 

 body, straight back, low flanks and general quality throughout. 

 In order to finish yearlings it will be necessary to force them from 

 the time they are weaned until they go to market. This will de- 

 mand a large proportion of grain and concentrated feeds in pro- 

 portion to roughage. 



The second class, beef feeders, has the same problem as the 

 beef producers in feeding. In place of breeding, they have diffi- 

 culty in finding high grade beef steers, and when found, have the 

 problem of determining how much to pay for the skill on the part 

 of the man who has produced them. The greatest- question before 

 the feeders of Indiana today is, where can good feeders be bought 

 at a price that will assure a profit over and above the cost of steers 

 and the feed consumed in the feed lot? 



When a cattle feeder is not a producer he i? compelled to buy 

 his feeders in one of the four following places: 



1. In his immediate locality. 



2. At central markets, such as Chicago, Indianapolis, 

 Kansas City, Omaha and St. Louis. 



3. In public sales of stockers and feeders, which are con- 

 ducted during the fall in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Ohio. 



4. In sections adjoining the corn belt, where feeders rather 

 than fat cattle are produced. 



BUYING LOCALLY. 



Formerly it was possible to pick up a load of desirable feed- 

 ing cattle, uniform in age, color, type, breeding, condition and 

 quality in almost any section of the State. In recent years the 

 conditions of farming have changed so much that this is no longer 

 possible throughout the corn belt. The supply is limited, because 

 land suitable for grain farming has advanced so rapidly in value 

 that it is not thought profitable to keep it in permanent pastures. 

 A greater revenue per acre can be obtained at present by growing 

 corn. Furthermore many farmers consider that it is no longer 

 profitable to keep a cow a year solely for the calf she produces, 

 hence they have sold off their well bred cattle and depend upon 



