Show MAKING BEEF reed treed aud and fee d ar douai quality I 1 ty or of 31 albit aptt ani C buol 0 i under present conditions good lint cattle lie aie required and they must he be agven veli good treatment if they are made reidy ready for mai kt t p at tl 1 cost that mil leavo leave a fair pro it one of tile principle pla advantages in the better breeds breed of if cattle is the earlier ini ina durity that it is possible to 8 secure with good treatment with all 0 classes assha n 12 stock fei fed for meat the cost coat is greatly increased year that they lire art kepland kep tand fed A steer given good fee feed d and care so thata eliat a rapid growth can call bo be secured can nearly always I 1 in made ready for market by tile the time it i is 21 or 30 months old md will pay lay a better profit than if fed a year longer with good care a scrub steer will mako make a much better grov gron tit th and tiny lie be marketed I 1 some cailler cai lier but it is on onla 13 with a good grida grado or a f fall rill blood steer given good feed arid and care that tho the best results are possible in maicy cases tor for feadin feeding alone a good grade or a good cross bred steer is in as good as a full blood one of the mistakes roost most commonly made is in not pushing the growth fr from the tha start during the first winter most farmers winter their calves as a a economically eco n ns as possible without much attention to g straw and fodder are made their rations and often little or no shelter is provided therefore but little growth is mad find and it requires the best part of the tha spring after grass is up to get them well star started betl to growing 0 while they alicy never fully recover from the sect of the winter feeding the second winter is u usually a repetition of the first and it is not until the animal is matured that good feeding is begun began this class of cattle raised on oil the farm f arm when sent rent to market ma must come in competition with the range cattle and must sell at low pric prices it is this kind of cattle that the farmer raises for beef that does not pay it ii n not all in the breed nor all in the feed but a combination of both that is really necessary to malce make beef raisin profitable bli with good feed also alao must be include good care the breed must bo be ons one that with good feed and care will make a good growth and the feed and care must be sufficient the beef will then bo be of a 2 better quality and will sell ot at a bettor better price experience has proved that tho the quality of beet beef produced by a combined ration in ill which wheat bran oats aud and form a part in connection with corn will beaetter be better than it if the cattle are fed ou on corn alone and the carcass will mill prove more profitable both to the butcher and consumer it is also proved that the I 1 largest argest per cent of dressed meat to live weight does not always iLdi indicate cate the best quality of meat or the most profitable prout ablo carcass for either cither the dealer or consumer breed and feed for quality of meat and the best prices cau can be realized it is only this class of beef cattle that pays if the value of tho the feed and care is con A dered cor st louis louia republic |