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use his judgment and regard the fattening standards merely as 

 guides. 



Suggestion : — Make a list of feeds that could be profitably- 

 fed in fattening cattle in your section of the country. Compute 



Fig. i6. — A Shorthorn bull— after Good. 



some cheap rations from these feeds. What differences would 

 be made in feeding cattle during the different periods of fatten- 

 ing? What could be done to economize an animal's food dur- 

 ing cold weather? 



