XIV 



CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XII 



PACKS 



Feeding Beef Cattle 275-304 



Essentials of Feeding Cattle 275 



Age at which to feed cattle 276 



Form for feeding cattle . 277 



Condition of feeding cattle 278 



Quality of feeding cattle 279 



Uniformity in feeding cattle ' 280 



Food Requirements for Beef . . 281 



Wintering Stockers and Feeders 282 



Roughage increases feeding capacity .... . 284 



Summer Feeding on Pasture 284 



How to turn to grass — Feeding grain to cattle on pasture — The 

 pastures. 



Winter Feeding in Dry-lot ... .... 289 



Feeding grain to cattle in dry-lot. 



Baby-beef 291 



Cattle used in baby-beef production — Feeding for baby-beef 

 production — Advantages of baby-beef production — Disadvan- 

 tages of baby-beef production. 



Feeding Cattle for the Local Market ..... 293 



Hogs following Grain-fed Cattle ... . 295 



Getting Cattle " On Feed " . . . .293 



Length of Feeding Period .... . . 297 



Marketable Condition .... . . . 297 



When to market cattle. 



Shipping Cattle ... 299 



Preparing cattle for shipment ^ Drifting cattle for the local 

 market. 



Sample Rations for Fattening Cattle 300 



CHAPTER XIII 



Bkeedins Beef Cattle ....... 305-319 



Plan of Breeding .... . . . . 307 



Cooperative grading-up . 307 



Raise heifer calves from best cows ... . . 307 



Selection of Breeding Stock 308 



The breed — Crossing — The dual-purpose cow — Uniformity. 



The Beef Bull .... 311 



The cost of a bull. 



