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Observations Regarding Foods — Continued 



(f) Sore mouths from feeding com. 



(g) The frequency of the feeding, 

 (h) Daily increase from feeding. 



11. Miscellaneous Observations 159 



(a) Attention vi'hile in the stalls. 



(b) Removing lice and skin troubles. 



(c) Supplying water and salt. 



(d) Amotint of exercise to give. 



(e) Regulating food fed by the appetite. 



(f) Treatment when off feed. 



(g) Shipping promptly when finished. 



12. Coming Modifications in Feeding 162 



(a) Com fed in excess in com belt. 



(b) More coarse fodders relatively will be fed. 



(c) Silage will be fed to a much greater extent. 



(d) More labor will be expended m preparing food. 



(e) Modifications in the com belt. 



(f) Modifications in the North. 



(g) Modifications in the South. 



CHAPTER VIII 

 FINISHING CATTLE ON PASTURE 



1. Wintering Prior to Finishing on Grass 165 



(a) Feeding influenced by time of marketing. 



(b) Variation in food rations. 



(c) Adjusting the grain to the roughage. 



(d) Feeding grain for early shipment. 



(e) Feeding grain for later shipment. 



(f) Shipment without feeding grain. 



2. The Most Suitable Pastures 168 



(a) They will vary as to kind. 



(b) They should be abundant. 



(c) They should not be over-succulent. 



(d) They should be without hazard. 



3. Turning out to Graze 172 



(a) The shrinkage that may follow. 



(b) How to prevent it. 



4. Finishing with or without Meal 174 



(a) When meal does not increase the gains. 



(b) Several methods that may be adopted. 



(c) The amount of meal that should be fed. 



5. Avoid Short Periods of Grazing 173 



(a) What leads to such grazing. 



(b) The shrinkage following turning out to graze. 



6. Finishing IN THE Early Summer " 176 



(a) The care called for when changing to jiasture. 



(b) The kind of concentrates to feed. 



(c) The amount of grain or meal to feed. 



(d) The method of feeding the concentrates. 



