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MANUAL OF FARM ANIMALS 



pounds from the animals that make but one is by external 

 appearance. The external indication of a good feeder is a 

 low-set form, being deep, broad, and compact, with low-down 

 flanks, showing that the animal possesses great capacity for 

 digestion and assimilation (p. 278-279). 



No definite quantities can be given that will apply to all 

 animals, to all conditions, and to all foods. The Wolff-Lehman 

 standards furnish us a guide to be modified by the judgment 

 and experience of the feeder : — 



Wolff-Lehman standards, showing the amount of food required per 1000 

 pounds live weight for both the growing and fattening beef animal 



WINTERING STOCKERS AND FEEDERS 



Large numbers of feeding cattle are purchased in fall and 

 early winter for the special purpose of economically disposing 

 of such roughage as corn stalks, straw stack, second-class clover 

 hay, clover chaff after the seed has been removed, and the like. 

 Wintering cattle with a view to fattening the following summer 

 on pasture is a very convenient way of converting sxich feeds 

 into cash. The cattle feeder is now confronted with the question 



