CHAPTER XXIII 



FEEDING BEEF CATTLE 



Rations for Beef Cattle. — Feeding standards should be fol- 

 lowed in preparing rations for beef cattle. ■'".'' 



The Wolff-Lehmdnn Standards — 1000 pounds live weight 



Age, 



months 



'Live 

 weight, 

 pounds 



Dry'' 

 matter, 

 pounds 



Digestible 



Protein 



>G.arbo- 

 hydrates 

 and fat* 



N. R. 



For growing cattle 



For growing cattle 



For fattening cattle, first 

 period : 



For fattening cattle, sec- 

 ond period 



For fattening cattle, third 

 period 



12-18 

 18-24 



750 

 935 



24 

 24 



30 



30 



26 



2.0 

 1.8 



2.5f 



3.0f 



2.7f 



13.6 

 12.9 



16.3 



16.1 



16.6 



1:6.8 

 1 : 7.2 



1:6.5 



1:5.4 



1:6.2 



* Given separately by W.-L 

 The Armsby 



t Doubtless too high. 

 Standards 



Systems of Feeding Beef Cattle. — There are two different sys- 

 tems, followed in feeding beef cattle in this country. The cattle 

 are either raised and fattened on the same farms, as is generally 

 done in the farming and grain-growing districts, especially the 

 corn belt, or they are raised and fattened in different regions. In 

 the latter case, they are raised and fed until maturity mainly in 

 the grazing districts of the western and southwestern States and 

 then shipped to grain- or forage-growing regions to be fattened for 

 market. The relative importance of the two systems may. be in- 



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