Show select early maturing beef cattle the prevailing price of beef inkes the cattle industry more enticing than ever before the demand 13 great bec we the supply ia very low never in history have the packers been so anxious to geff hold of good fit cattle of any kind as they are today the past year rutih his witnessed a great set back in its number of beef cattle hundreds hive died because of the hard winter ind poor food the ambition of every farmer be to increase his herd by maintaining all alie females to ue for breeding es feed 19 high priced and the demand 11 urgent so proper selection of beef bittle 11 more important than ever before ve cannot afford to own the long legged catham cat ham med slow maturing steer duding such periods animals thit are low set blocky thickly covered and with the instinct of early maturity are the ones that should be selected and fed during the next faw years run more females on the range this can be done by practicing better methods with the young animals thus getting the steers ready for birket one year younger ith this method a cow takes the place of a steer on the range feeding roots silage and ha should be extensively practiced practised with the calves during the first winter turn them out to grasa at yearling feeling fine and lively so that when fall comes the will weigh SOU ibs instead of or ibs cattle going on to grass thin and lifeless make very little gain for several weeks by the time the starved ammal gets to feeling good and ready to gain the feed dries up hance the above size is not reached until he is about ai toa years of |