| Show Jg J U UI I I 51 ee 1 GOOD PASTURE IS FIRST ESSENTIAL A good pasture Is the first essential for tor successful live llo stock production and one ono containing only the wild or native grasses will not Increase the bank account on tho the basis of grow v growing growing ing cattle since It will produce an approximate gain of only one pound per pcr animal dally daily Such a pasture will only pay I about two per cent on the Invest invest- investment Investment ment says Prof IL R n S Curtis of or the animal husbandry department at the North Carolina State college e A business man figures that he ho must have at nt least six per pcr cent on his money A good pasture seeded to tame grasses and properly made and cared for tor will return this tills amount In other words where the thc live stock man gets only one pound gain per day on native pastures IH lie should get Jet from from two to three pounds gain on all tame pasture It is time to plow up the old pas pas- pastures pas pas- pastures pastures tures reseed them and make the in- in investment In Investment vestment estment pay Some farmers who are getting about 1 5 pounds of gain per animal In a S season by using old grass native native grass pastures should remember remember remember ber that there are numerous in- in instances Instances In Instances stances where other farmers are get get- getting getting getting ting to 35 pounds of or gain per season This means that the live livestock livestock stock man who has lias a good pasture and Is using It as os a business man Is growing out a n steer In to one year while the other man not so business business- businesslike like business like e Is taking two or three years ears to grow out his steer In the meantime lie he has his bis money tied up and Incurs the risk of ot carrying time the animal Professor Curtis states that live livestock livestock stock growers must learn that a beet beef animal should be kept growing rowing from the time he Is born until marketed There should be no lapse In weight during this time Pasture plus feed Is the way to do this tills The live stock grower must grow v pasture use plenty of feed teed with judgment and place his animals on the market with the least delay possible Money Ioney can be made to In the growing of ot beef beet cattle but hut only on the basis of ot good pastures avail ayaH available available able oble |
