CHAPTER III 



CATTLE TWO YEARS OLD— SUMMER AND 

 WINTER 



There are many points of similarity in the feeding 

 and care of cattle, when in the two-year form, to the 

 feeding and care of them in the one-year form. In the 

 present chapter, where the management and care are 

 practically similar, in order to avoid repetition, the 

 proper and necessary references will be made. The ex- 

 tended discussion will embrace only the points of dif- 

 ference. It will consider the following: (i) Autumn 

 calves the third winter; (2) Spring calves the third win- 

 ter; (3) Grazing in summer; (4) Supplementing the 

 pastures; (5) The water supply, and (6) Other im- 

 portant considerations. 



Autumn calves the third winter. — Such animals 

 enter the winter at the age practically of two years. 

 When grown on the arable farm for beef production, in 

 nearly all instances they will be finished during the 

 winter and sold toward or in the spring, at the age 

 approximately of 30 months, a very suitable age at 

 which to dispose of such animals. If thus finished, the 

 methods that relate to finishing in Chapter VII, will 

 apply to them. 



If they are to be simply carried through the winter 

 the shelter gi\'en as suitable for autumn calves in the 

 yearling form will be suitable for them also. ( See page 

 43.) But, in the two-year form, because of more ad- 

 vanced development, they are better able to withstand 

 inclement weather without harm than younger animals. 

 The reasonableness of such an assertion will be the more 

 apparent when it is said that a strong two-year-old on 



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