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THE MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF CATTLE 



in size to obtain this, and they should be possessed of 

 excellent fleshing properties. In baby beef, quality is a 

 prime essential. It counts for more than size. The best 

 types are those that are smooth and deeply covered with 

 mellow flesh, and that carry bone inclining to fine, even 

 to the extent of sacrificing something in ffesh. 



YEARLING GALLOWAY HEIFER, VESPER OF WAVERTREE, 14297 

 (By courtesy of the owoer, Edward Faal, Dundee, Minn.) 



The dual types, that is, the milking Shorthorns, the 

 Red PollSj the Brown Swiss, and the Devons, will all 

 furnish animals that may be grown into baby beef, but 

 they will not be possessed of quality so high relatively 

 as meat obtained from the straight beef breeds. The 

 milking Shorthorns will be a little prominent at the 



