80 BEEF PRODUCTION 



for handling large quantities of more concentrated feeds 

 later on. It is assumed that calves require and will be 

 provided with desirable roughage such as clover, or 

 alfalfa hay, or silage during the winter months and 

 abundant pasture during the summer. Calves should 

 be fed corn together with some nitrogenous concentrate 

 like oil meal or cottonseed meal during the winter. 

 Corn may be fed to calves in the form of shelled corn, 

 crushed corn, or sliced. With plenty of hogs to follow, 



Fig. 8A. Baby beeves possessing desirable quality and finish. 

 Fed by Hon. Humphrey Jones, Washington Court House, Ohio. 



the writer believes that these forms will be found more 

 profitable than cornmeal or corn and cob meal. If 

 oats are cheap and more readily available than oil meal 

 or cottonseed meal they may be substituted. Oats are 

 one of the very best of feeds with which to start calves, 

 and with cottonseed and linseed meals at almost prohibi- 

 tive prices, they, with alfalfa or clover hay as roughage, 

 are likely to prove the best supplement to corn for full 

 feeding. When turned to grass the grain ration may 

 in some instances be gradually decreased as the grass 

 improves. Whether or not the feeding of grain should 

 be altogether dispensed with for a short time while the 

 calves are on grass will depend upon the grass and upon 



