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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XII 



Feeding Beef Cattle . 



Essentials of Feeding Cattle 



Age at which to feed cattle . 



Form for feeding cattle 



Condition of feeding cattle . 



Quality of feeding cattle 



Uniformity in feeding cattle 

 Food Requirements for Beef 

 Wintering Stockers and Feeders 



Roughage increases feeding capacity 

 Summer Feedmg on Pasture . . . . 



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

 pastures. 

 Winter Feeding in Dry-lot . . . . . 



Feeding gram to cattle in dry-lot. 

 Baby-beef .... . . . . 



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 

 Hogs following Grain-fed Cattle 

 Getting Cattle " On Feed " 

 Length of Feeding Period . 

 Marketable Condition 



When to market cattle. 

 Shipping Cattle . 



Preparing cattle for shipment — Drifting cattle for the local 

 market. 

 Sample Rations for Fattening Cattle 



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CHAPTER XIII 



Breeding Beef Cattle ..... 



Plan of Breeding .... 



Cooperative grading-up 



Raise heifer calves from best cows 

 Selection of Breeding Stock 



The breed — Crossing — The dual-purpose cow- 

 The Beef Bull 



The cost of a bull. 



-Uniformity. 



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