not be utilized at all. 
portant place in agriculture. 
order that he may yield much juicy meat is a problem 
worthy of deep thought, close study and careful testing. 
LESSON TWENTY-ONE 
FEEDING BEEF CATTLE 
Wild cattle are seldom fat. 
Younger stock now being fattened. 
Two classes of beef animals. 
Skim milk calves. 
Whole milk calves. 
. Making veal. 
Feed during the first winter. 
Finishing beeves under 18 months. 
. Baby beeves finished on grass. 
From calf to steer. 
. Finishing two-year-olds on grass. 
Summer feeding on grass. 
. Fall feeding on grass. 
. Older steers are still marketed. 
®. Many kinds of food. 
-Note to the Teacher——Growth and flesh are sought in 
feeding beef cattle; also the conversion of rough feed 
and green grass into human food. Were it not for meat- 
producing animals a large part of farm products would 
The steer occupies a very im- 
How best to feed him in 
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