CHAPTER XXIII 
FEEDING BEEF CATTLE 
Rations for Beef Cattle-——Feeding standards should be fol- 
lowed in preparing rations for beef cattle. 
The Wolff-Lehmann Standards—1000 pounds live weight 
Li ee Digestible 
1 
Be WeEIERe iatter: N. R. 
pounds | pounds Carbo- 
Protein | hydrates 
and fat* 
For growing cattle....... 12-18 | 750 24. 2.0 13.6 [1:68 
For growing cattle....... 18-24 | 935 24 1.8 12.9 |1:7.2 
For fattening cattle, first. 
PETIOM No ncGyecoewuenll ones soe 30 2.5 16.3 | 1:6.5 
For fattening cattle, sec- 
ond period............| ..... e508 30 3.0t 16.1 |1:5.4 
For fattening cattle, third 7 
POTION so ccceedieetseewee a |) eee 203 26 2.77. |. 16.6 | 1:6.2 
* Given separately by W.-L. t Doubtless too high. 
The Armsby Standards 
. Digestible 
Live Ener, 
Age, 7 t: By 
months | eHbis | protein, | yaiue, 
18 850 1.70 7.5 
For growing cattle............... 24 1000 1.75 8.0 
30 1100 1.65 8.0 
For fattening cattle per pound gain. . 9 ee sates 3.5 
Systems of Feeding Beef Cattle.—There are two different sys- 
tems followed in feeding beef cattle in this country. The cattle 
are either raised and fattened on the same farms, as is generally 
done in the farming and grain-growing districts, especially the 
corn belt, or they are raised and fattened in different regions. In 
the latter case, they are raised and fed until. maturity mainly in 
the grazing districts of the western and southwestern States and 
then shipped to grain- or forage-growing regions to be fattened for 
market. The relative importance of the two systems may be in- 
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