GROWING AND FITTING CATTLE FOR EXTIiniTION 3! I 



mixed, providing the timothy does not preponderate in 

 the mixture. Any kind of clover will answer, that is, 

 of fine growth, hence the pre-eminent suitability of 

 alsike clover for such feeding. ^A'hen the fodders can be 

 varied somewhat, the consumption will be greater, a 

 result that is not to be desired. The same fodders should 

 form the bulk of those fed in the yearling and the two- 

 3'ear forms. During the period between the return from 

 the fairs and the grazing season, good fine grown corn 

 fodder may be fed once a day, and it should not be fed 

 to any considerable extent, if at all, between the season 

 for pasturing and the fair season following. As the 

 animals are then being fed large quantities of grain, they 

 will not consume any large amount of such fodder. 



The calves will begin to take good sweet fodder 

 when not more than two weeks old. It should then be 

 furnished to them continuously from that time onward. 

 High quality in the fodder is essential all the while, but 

 never so much so as during the first months of the life of 

 the calf. The fodder should be fed in two or three feeds 

 daily, according to circumstances. It should not be 

 fed much in excess of the needs of the animals, and any 

 rejected portions should be promptly removed at each 

 time of feeding. 



While in the calf form, green food should be given 

 when in season. Such food may include green clover 

 in its diflerent varieties, oats and peas of reasonably fine 

 growth, small turnips fed along with the tops, rape, 

 green corn, and sorghum, also ensilage. More or less of 

 these will be consumed by the animals when on pasture, 

 and they will be consumed in large quantities subse- 

 quently, but they are not to be fed on il up to the time 

 of the fairs, as they may hinder too much the large con- 

 sumption of grain necessary as the fair time is ap- 

 proached, and may tend too much to produce soft flesh. 

 Ensilage is not much fed, if at all, to calves, especially 

 when thev mav have a sufficiency of field roots, but il 



