Show TIMELY POINTS FOR SOUTHERN STOCKMEN pasture grass planted on waste land Is profitable purebred bull should be aed for grading up native stock ing cattle in early summer recommended prepared by united states department of agriculture good pastures are essential for profitable beef production plant pasture grasses oer the waste lands use purebred beet bulls tor grading up the native stock always select the best balters tor breeding purposes eradicate the ticks on the farm use the coarse fodders straws and the stalk fields tor wintering the breed ing herd wean the calves when the pastures get short put them in the cornfields and pea fields while weaning and teach them to cat cottonseed cake or cotton seed meal raise and finish beet cattle on the same farm when possible A mixture of cottonseed meal cot splendid herd cf beef cattle hulls and alfalfa hay Is a good ration for fattening calves silage Is the best roughage tor fattening any class of cattle more care Is necessary in feeding calves than in feeding grown cattle at the present prices corn Is a cheaper and better feed tor fatten ing beef cattle than cottonseed hulls hulls and cottonseed meal make an excellent feed for a short feeding period but do not produce good gains on cattle after the third month it Is biot entirely satisfactory to use corn stover as the sole roughage when johnson grass hay costs 10 and hulls 7 per ton it Is more profit able to feed the hulls alone summer feeding on pasture Is ally more profitable than winter feed ing finishing cattle early in the sum mer Is usually more profitable than finishing them later in the season fattening steers on grass and cottonseed cake Is nearly always more profitable than grazing them without teed thin steers when put on pasture make larger and cheaper dally gains than fleshy ones pound for pound cold pressed cottonseed cake Is not equal to the corn mon cottonseed cake the use of a small amount of corn in addition to cottonseed cake has proven profitable for feeding steers on grass from farmers bulletin no aso |