GROWING UABY BEEF yj 



Aberdeen-Angus grades thus obtained stand highest in 

 favor for producing beef at the present time. 



Calves that suck their dams will thrive better, on 

 the whole, if confined rather than when they run with 

 their dams, as when thus managed they can be induced 

 to take supplementary food at an earlier age, and maj' 

 also be carried through the weaning process without in 

 any way arresting their development. They should be 

 allowed to nurse as long as the dams can give them any 

 considerable quantity of milk. The supplementary food 

 will consist of fodder, fine and palatable, and of meal 

 that will maintain growth and good flesh. For concen- 

 trates, equal parts by measure of ground corn, ground 

 oats, and wheat bran will make a good ration, but prob- 

 ably not superior to the standard ration given for calves 

 on page 21. Up to the weaning period, such calves may 

 be allowed to eat at will of the concentrates given. 



When reared by hand, more frequently, if, indeed, 

 not always, the dams are of the dual or dairy type. The 

 cream from the milk of these dams being wanted for 

 other uses, the milk is only given in the skimmed or 

 separated form. But since it is highly important that the 

 calves shall start well, and since no substitute will serve 

 the purpose so well as whole milk, this should be given 

 to them for not fewer than, say, two to three weeks, not- 

 withstanding its cost, and as long a time should be occu- 

 pied in making the change from all whole to all skim 

 milk. 



For the procedure in making the change see page 

 18. When well started on meal, corn meal should 

 enter freely into the meal ration. Corn, ground oats, 

 and oil meal, in the proportions of 4, 4, and i parts by 

 weight (see page 22), should answer, AVhen the 

 calves are to be sold under the age of one year, the pro- 

 portion of the corn fed may be increased as the feeding 

 progresses. Some feeders claim that as good results will 

 be obtained from feeding the corn and oats unground 



