THE FEEDING AND CARE OF BULLS III 



satisfactory will be the development and the less im- 

 perative is the necessity for feeding meal. AVhen on 

 good pasture, meal may not be necessary, and the same 

 may be true when such soiling foods as rape and suc- 

 culent clover are furnished in ample supply. While 

 males of this class should not be kept fat, neither should 

 they be kept lean. While excess in the former would 

 unduly divert desirable transmission, excess in the latter 

 would hinder maximum development. 



For young bulls of the beef type the fodders will be 

 the same as for those of the dairy type given above. 

 The concentrates may also be the same in kind, but more 

 in quantity. As higher flesh is called for in these than 

 with males of the dairy, this will be more easily secured 

 and maintained by feeding the standard concentrated 

 mixture given on page xxx. Frequently young males 

 of this class are kept too highly conditioned, more es- 

 pecially when they are held for sale, the result of feed- 

 ing too much and too highly concentrated meal. 



For young bulls of the dual types, either ration 

 given above as suitable for males of the dairy and beef 

 types, respectively, will answer. The intermediate con- 

 dition called for may be regulated by the amount of 

 concentrate fed. Cost in the ration of a growing bull 

 is of less importance than proper development, hence 

 the aim should be to seek proper development though 

 at added expense rather than hazard obtaining less per- 

 fect development by feeding a cheaper ration. 



Management from weaning until matured. — Up to 

 the usual time for weaning young bulls, they and the 

 heifers may be allowed to occupy the same quarters, 

 when the supplemental food given to both is the same. 

 In many instances, however, the males are sustained in 

 higher flesh than the females, which, in practice, has 

 been found a material aid in securing sale for them at 

 an early age. Where this difference occurs in the feed- 

 ing, it would mean that they and the heifers must be 



