Show fARM fg 6 STD K FEEDERS SIDE OF BABY BEEF PLAN Cattle feeders are arc becoming more Interested In the feeding of ot baby beeves with each ench successive season The advantages ad of ot baby beef beet feeding have haye often been published In which the chan changes es In the demands of ot the consuming public have been emphasized emphasized sized Th The cattle feeder may wonder If the feeding of baby beeves beves can be justified hy by greater economy and In- In In Increased creased profits In his own feed yards I Experimental data proves that the pro production of choice weight handy ht an- an anImals animals an animals of the tie baby beef variety has sev sev- several sev- sev several several eral economic advantages The feed teed feeding feeding ing of white face Colorado calves was vas compared with the feeding of ot yearlings and two two olds ear of ot the same type and quality at the Ohio agricultural experiment station It was shown that It takes a n little longer to finish the calves as their avera average e dally daily gain per head was only pounds as com compared pared with pounds for the year yearlings lings and pounds pounds for the two year two year year- oid steers Rapidity of gains Is an Important Item but It Is the economy ot of gains whIch has a greater reater influence upon the purse or check book The I calves put on pounds pound of gain at ata ata ata a cost of 1010 while It cost 1003 for the same amount of ot gain on the yearlings s and 1 1213 13 for the year two two olds olds Calves are efficient converters of feeds Into meat n and d Into dollars When the returns over feed costs were re recomputed computed for these three classes of cattle the calves led by a wide wille mar mar- marsin margin margin gin sin The calves returned 1342 per head over feed costs the yearlings and the two olds two y olds ar-olds only |