BABY BEEF SI 



the time at the disposal of the cattle feeder for mushing 

 them. Ordinarily the grain ration should not he 

 entirely discontinued, no matter how good the giass. 

 It can be slightly reduced for a few weeks and then as 

 the grass begins to fail it should be increased until the 

 calves are getting ail they will take. 



LIBERAL FEEDING IS NECESSARY 



The tendency with calves and yearlings is to grow 

 rather than fatten. The aim of the cattle feeder produc- 

 ing baby beef should be to have them fatten as they 

 grow. This can only be accomplished by liberal feeding. 

 The most common mistake among baby beef producers 

 is to market before fat enough. It is extremely difficult 

 to get calves and yearlings too fat for market require- 

 ments. If heifer calves are fed instead of steers they 

 will mature more quickly and should be marketed earlier. 

 Ordinarily the younger prime heifers are at the time of 

 marketing, the less discrimination in price there will be 

 between them and steers. 



We advise vaccination to prevent blackleg, and if 

 calves have not been vac- 

 cinated before purchase they 

 should be as soon after as 

 possible. Good vaccine and 

 intelligent use are practically 

 a specific preventive of black- 

 leg. 



It is seldom practicable to get spring calves ready 

 for baby beef market before July of the second 

 summer. More frequently they are not marketed 

 until October, November, "or December, when they are 

 approximately eighteen months of age. 



