CHAPTER 47 



Beef Cattle 



By W. A. Cochel 



Professor of Animal Husbandry, Kansas Agricultural College 



Beef production is associated with the best type of farming in every 

 country. A careful survey of any community shows that the cattlemen 

 are leaders in public matters, are financially responsible, farm the best 

 land and are considered among the best citizens. Counties and communi- 



Pure-bred Hereford Bull. 1 

 A hardy, early maturing, beef breed of good qualitj'. 



ties noted for their production of beef are also noted for their large yields 

 of agricultural crops and their great productive wealth. There never has 

 been a permanent and profitable system of farming established on an 

 extensive scale in any country where beef cattle have been eliminated from 



1 Courtesy of The Field, New York City. 



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