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By spring these calves, now yearlings, should weigh from 800 to 
1,000 pounds and be in such good flesh that they may be marketed 
in a very short time after being put on a finishing ration. If fin- 
ished in a few weeks the roughage may be decreased and concen- 
trates proportionally increased, but consisting of the same or similar 
feeding stuffs as previously fed. 
9. Baby beeves finished on grass.—If pasture is abun- 
dant grain may be fed less heavily during winter and the 
calves finished a few weeks later on grass. Less grain 
will be required during the winter, but on grass an ample 
CaLvEs READY TO FATTEN FOR BABY BEEF 
These have been kept steadily on the gain from the very day of their birth. 
supply is desirable. The grain ration should contain 15 
to 20 per cent of linseed meal, cottonseed meal or other 
protein concentrate if the calves are pastured on timothy, 
prairie, Bermuda or blue grass. If the pasture consists 
of mixed grasses, clover and alfalfa, not more than 10 
per cent of the concentrates needs to be of a protein na- 
ture. Calves fed in this manner should weigh from 1,000 
to 1,200 pounds and be ready for market before torment- 
ing insects and hot weather come to annoy them. 
10. From calf to steer—For growing baby beef, con- 
tinuous grain feeding from birth to finish is necessary. 
While adapted to certain farms, the practice of carrying 
