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THE MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF CATTLE 



relish. The proportions fed are then changed to the 

 following: Oats, 35 per cent; bran, 30; corn or peas, 

 25, and oil meal or oilcake, 10. The object of the change 

 is to secure a higher condition of flesh. If still too low- 

 in flesh, more corn or peas should be fed than in the 

 proportions given above. If the animals are to be sold 



ABERDEEN ANGUS STEER, BLACK ROCK 



Grand Champion al Ihe International Fat Stock Fair, 1905 



<By courtesy of the owner, Iowa Experiment Station) 



at the close of the exhibition following, for, say, two 

 months before the time of exhibiting, the proportions 

 of the meal should be about as follows: Oats, 35 per 

 cent; bran, 20; corn or peas, 35, and oilcake, 10. In the 

 one-year form they should consume a little more than 

 I pound daily to each 100 pounds of live weight. They 

 should then weigh from 1,350 to 1,500 pounds. 



