Show liberal calf feeding during winter Is best it pays to feed calves liberally and to market them in the early summer rather than to feed them late in fit the fall when they have to meet competition of larger arger and thinner cattle this Is the conclusion of an experiment as a result of feeding six lots of calves weighing pounds at the beginning of the experiment at the university of missouri the one lot was fed enough through the winter to gain one and a half pounds dally daily the other lot was fed to gain one pound dally daily the calves that were lad fed more liberally were ready to go to market after CO 60 days of summer feeding and the thinner calves required to days to get a comparable amount of finish the cattle fed less 1 liberally ibe rally through the winter made more econom economical leal gains on grass and made more rapid gains than those fed more liberally |