THE SHOW HERD OF FAT STEERS FED BY THE MISSOURI COLLEGE OF AGRI- 

 CULTURE IN 1907. AND EXHIBITED AT THE INTER-STATE FAIR, KANSAS 

 CITY, THE MISSOURI STATE FAIR, SEDALIA, THE AMERICAN ROYAL, 

 KANSAS CITY, AND THE INTERNATIONAL LIVE STOCK EXPOSITION, CHI- 

 CAGO. CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZES WON, 9; FIRST PRIZES WON, 17; SECOND 

 PRIZES WON, 16; THIRD PRIZES WON, 7; FOURTH PRIZES WON, 2. EV- 

 ERY STEER WON AT EVERY Snow, EXCEPTING ONE STEEB AT ONE SHOW. 



FATTENING CATTLE FOR THE MARKET. 



BY H. J. WATERS, DIRECTOR. 



SUMMARY. 



It will be well nigh impossible to condense into a few par- 

 agraphs the essence of the bulletin which follows, for the reason 

 that the bulletin is itself a summary of a number of experi- 

 ments covering a wide range, and is moreover a summary of the 

 experience and observation of nearly a thousand of the most suc- 

 cessful cattle feeders of Missouri, Iowa and Illinois. These ex- 

 periences extended over an average period of nearly twenty 

 years, and with an aggregate of something near two million 

 cattle. An attempt has been made to cover somewhat carefully 

 for the use of the student, the practical feeder and the teacher, 

 the entire range of* fitting cattle for the market. The principal 

 conclusions are as follows: 



i. The practical man in the long run arrives at correct 

 conclusions on the main points involved in his practice. A 

 theory that runs counter to the conclusions of men of long ex- 

 perience or to the principles of a long established practice 

 should be well considered and should have the support of ex- 

 tensive and accurate experimental data before being accepted. 



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