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tral markets, and those ready for the butcher are sold 
to the packers. The poor ones are shipped out to farms 
where there is a supply of feed to finish them for the 
return to the market. Farmers usually buy a carload 
of “feeders” at a time when their pasture and grain is 
the most abundant. These cattle should be of a uni¬ 
form size, representing a high grade of our beef breeds. 
Young cattle usually insure a greater profit, because 
they grow while gaining weight. 
Fig. 53.— A Galloway cow. Charlotte of M. L. 
It has been shown that a small amount of grain and 
cottonseed meal fed while the cattle have good pasture, 
produces the cheapest gains. Summer feeding is becom¬ 
ing more popular. A heavy grain feed is expensive 
and does not make more rapid gains than feeding with 
pasture. 
