3l6 THE MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF CATTLE 



To animals in the calf form, roots should be fed to 

 the full extent of the consuming power in the calves, 

 from the time that they will take them until the pasture 

 season begins. They will begin to eat roots, if thinly 

 sliced or pulped, as soon as they will begin to take 

 grain, and soon they show much fondness for them. 

 They are not fed during the season of grazing, but they 

 should be fed again as soon as the grazing ceases, and 

 even earlier to the full extent of the consuming powers 

 when the roots are obtainable at so early a period. By 

 the time that the second winter is reached they will con- 

 sume from 15 to 20 pounds a day. 



In the one-year form, the feeding of roots should 

 be continued and up nearly to the limit of the consum- 

 ing powers, but if corn ensilage can be fed, also, 

 then it may be advisable to feed, say, 15 pounds of roots 

 daily, and 10 to 15 pounds of ensilage. The feeding 

 of both ceases as soon as the grazing season is reached. 

 When the grazing season is over, roots should be given 

 as before, but not ensilage, except in the absence of roots, 

 until the show season is past, as roots have higher 

 adaptation for keeping the system in tone than ensilage. 



In the two-year form, the feeding of roots is con- 

 tinued on much the same plan as the feeding of the 

 same to cattle in the one-year form. On the return from 

 the fairs, roots should be fed freely, but not necessarily 

 to the extent of the consuming powers of the animals. 

 The frame has now become well developed, hence it is 

 not necessary to feed roots so well adapted to such de- 

 velopment in quantities so large, relatively, as at an 

 earlier age. About 15 pounds of roots daily will suf- 

 fice, and from 10 to 15 pounds of corn ensilage, or from 

 25 to 30 pounds of roots daily in the absence of ensilage. 



Management on pasture. — Cattle that are being thus 

 grown for exhibition should be grazed during a portion 

 of the year. The object sought is not to cheapen the 

 cost of food so much as to secure benefits which accom- 



