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be produced under what may be termed forced feeding. 

 The benefit to the grower comes, first, from the quick 

 relative gains made from the food fed ; second, from 

 the relatively short period during which the animals 

 have to be maintained on the farm, which tends 

 to prevent over-stocking; and, third, from the good 

 price relatively that such meat furnishes when 

 well finished. The advantage to the dealer lies in his 

 being supplied with meat that exactly meets the needs 

 of a certain portion of his trade, and the advantage to 

 the consumer consists in the tender and juicy quality of 

 the meat furnished. The chief objection to growing 

 such meat is found in the increase in the dams required 

 to furnish a given weight of meat when marketed thus 

 short of maturity. Because of the excellence of the 

 meat, the demand for this class of meat is likely to grow 

 more rather than less. 



Adaptation in breed types. — The various classes 

 of animals are by no means equally adapted to furnish- 

 ing baby beef, although, in one of its forms, it may be 

 produced from all of them. It is produced in best form 

 from the various beef breeds. Next in suitability are 

 the dual types. After these come what may be termed 

 beef dairy grades, and lowest in adaptation are the dairy 

 breeds. 



All the beef breeds, viz., the Shorthorn, Hereford, 

 Aberdeen-Angus, Galloway and Sussex, furnish the right 

 kind of materials for growing baby beef. They turn 

 the food given into profitable meat, are easily main- 

 tained in high condition of flesh, and retain the smooth 

 beef form at all stages of development. Because of the 

 extent to which smooth, even flesh characterizes the 

 Aberdeen-Angus, they and their grades are pre-emi- 

 nently suited to the production of this class of meat. 

 Where the farmer grows such meat from year to year, 

 sires that are characterized by much smoothness should 

 be preferred, even though .something should be sacrificed 



