2 9 

 1904 129 Days. 



Yearlings 1050 



Two-year-olds 



Three-year-olds 



KANSAS EXPERIMENT STATION. 



1902-3 210 Days. 



Calves . . . . 729 



Yearlings 997 



Two-year-olds 1226 



Three-year-olds *433 



MISSOURI EXPERIMENT STATION. 



1905 210 Days. 



Yearlings 1179 



Three-year-olds 1698 



1906 210 Days. 



Yearlings I2 95 



Two-year-olds . . , 1445 



4-75 

 4-85 

 5.00 



4-25 



4-55 

 4.70 



4-95 



6.20 

 6.75 



6.35 

 6.85 



WELL BRED CATTLE REQUIRED FOR BABY BEEF. 



Of considerable importance is the fact that animals to be 

 profitably finished as yearlings must have the tendency toward 

 early maturity well emphasized. It is of the utmost importance 

 that they be uniform in age, size and general tendencies. A dif- 

 ference of three months in age is relatively large when the ani- 

 mal is in the yearling form, whereas it is of comparatively little 

 moment in a 2 or 3 year old. The tendency of one animal to 

 grow instead of fatten is exceedingly unfortunate when one is 

 attempting to finish it in its yearling form, whereas by the time 

 it is 2 or 3 years old the tendency has been so reduced that it 

 cuts little figure for the average animal. This, unfortunately 



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